In a world where everyone wants their kid to be the hot dog, my daughter is the princess. In fact, my daughter loves princess, pink and all things “girlie.” Her most recent obsession is My Little Pony.
Now, I love...
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Are you gearing up for preschool graduation? If your child graduated preschool this year maybe some of these thoughts ran through your head too.
What's preschool graduation?
Why is this a thing?
3. Seriously? First kindergarten and now preschool?
4. These...
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Somehow, this seems to mark the...
I’ve personally never been very good at math. In fact, most of my family – including extended family – does not like it as a subject. I struggled with math throughout elementary school, middle school, high school and even...
I don’t often feel like I have parenting wins. In fact, many days I feel downright defeated and wonder how many years my kids will have to spend in therapy to undo whatever damage I’m causing by attempting to...
The younger children are when they enter school, the more likely they are to be diagnosed with ADHD, a new study says.
A study led by Harvard Medical School researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows...
With school back in full swing, I’m not the only one who has a kid coming home starving, right?
Every day after school it’s like we have a little hungry bear rummaging around in the pantry looking for something to...
With school back in session after break, you might be breathing a sigh of relief. Having the kids home for two weeks straight is hard!
Although, admittedly, I miss them the second they’re gone.
But what’s even harder for me after...
Growing up I always had a best friend. Whether it was my next-door neighbor through the majority of my elementary school experience or the girl down the street when I was a tween and teen, close friends were always...
When I was a child, my family was poorish. Straight poor might be a bit too much, but we didn’t have a lot of money and there was never any extra. I wasn’t in any activities outside school because...
When I started my garden three years ago it was something to take my mind off the business of life. I loved the idea of being able to nurture and grow my own food, and while I knew it...
From the moment I finished reading There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom, I knew that I wanted to be a school counselor.
I had decent school counselors growing up, but the one in that book made such an impression...
You may hate giving up every weekend of your life to watch your children’s 1,000 baseball games, soccer games or whatever other sport they’re interested in, but research says organized sports are playing a vital role in your child’s...
With Halloween fast approaching everyone at my daughter’s school is talking about parties with friends and dreaming about all the treats they’re going to get to eat.
However, if you feel like the kids in your life are going to...
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How often do you talk to your kids about what they want to be when they grow up? Once a school year when you take a photo of them for the first day? Or do you have older children...
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