I met up with a girlfriend who I hadn’t seen in a while for a playdate a few weeks ago. Right after our hello hugs I guiltily blurted out, “We watch TV now.”
When my son first came along I...
Hand over any of these cute, spring-themed activity sheets to your kids to give yourself a moment of peace while they color, connect the dots, complete a maze, or do a word search. Thanks to our friends at the...
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Helping our babies explore new foods is a joy and milestone as mothers. Whether baby’s next meal is from the farmer’s market stall or off the shelf, we all do the best...
May 6–10 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Do you have anything planned to give or do for your child’s teacher? Are you just doing their homeroom teacher? What about specials teachers? Having taught elementary school, been an elementary principal and...
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Last August, I wrote about the healthy eating strategies I planned to execute for my family to kick off the new school year. Now that the year is winding down, I...
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I recently had the chance to visit Compass High School, an 8th–12th grade private college preparatory school for students with learning differences. As a former educator and school site administrator myself, I am...
While awaiting your firstborn, you may have visions of folding laundry or reading a book as your little one coos to himself a few feet away.
Then reality hits and between feeding, changing, and doing strange acrobatics you’d never have...
I have a lot of friends who believe that social media is a waste of time. I often agree with them. There are times I get sucked into reading about non-sense when I could be doing something more productive....
I recently opened an e-invitation for a preschool friend's birthday party and breathed a sigh of relief. It was addressed to The Lang Family, not just one of my kids, and the starting headcount option on the RSVP was four....
I was lucky that my oldest daughter was always a pretty good eater. She knew what she liked and would eat those foods with gusto, but she had a pretty good range. Like all of us, she got into...
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