Getting Ready for College: Digging Out the Past to Pack for the Future
Who knew that helping my pack rat kid dig out her room before college would actually make me laugh?
Who knew that helping my pack rat kid dig out her room before college would actually make me laugh?
There was an unexpectedly large snowstorm that paralyzed parts of the NY tristate area. This is one of the many stories of bravery by young people that night.
I like to cook and I work from home, so in theory family dinner should be my forte. Real life doesn’t always work out the way I plan, unfortunately.
It happens to all parents– sooner or later, we have to host a sleepover. Here’s some advice from someone who has been there, done that.
A reader with a new college freshman wants my take on those college care package services; Here’s my breakdown of the pros and cons of these services.
It greatly saddens me that it was just four months ago that I wrote Thinking of Newtown. Here we are again mourning as a nation. Thinking about how to explain and talk about this tragedy with our children.
Ten steps to make moving to a new home (and state) with kids much easier. Advice to help parents and kids.
The most attractive asset available for homeschooling families is flexibility. Not just the freedom to change what is not working, but releasing the notion that learning, in and of itself, has a “face.”
LICE, is a four-letter word for a reason. We wade through all the myths surrounding lice leaving you with the truth and how to get rid of the buggers.
Parents are at their wits’ end about a big bedtime power struggle they are facing with their preschool-aged child. The matter is complicated by a bedroom sharing arrangement with a sibling who is an awesome sleeper.
Care to send a Care package?
Every year, when we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I find myself re-learning things I already knew and finding new information which lead me to thinking about what it is we really need to know about Dr. King when we’re teaching our children and, in my case, students.
With just a few months left before my oldest flies the coop, we survived being in a show together (and had a blast).
There’s the official packing list, and then there’s what should go to college with your kid because they’ll thank you for it once they’re there.
Guest contributor, Laura Bennett has come to realize she is facing male puberty at home. And in her case, she’ll have to deal with it for the next DECADE.
Once you accept that your kids will be monitored around school by a tracking device, what’s next? Should we have a problem with schools tracking our children with chips embedded in their school ids?
It may only be early October, but if you find holiday shopping for a teen a monumental task, read this and relax a little. It’s okay!
A reader asks for help in coaching kids to speak out against racism and other issues at school in a succinct way.
Tween girls don’t just want to be rock stars. They want to be Red Sox players, pig ranchers and crime scene investigators.
As Teacher Appreciation Week and the school year-end approaches, here is a fun and free printable card to present an iTunes gift card as a thank you.