How’s High School Going
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How’s High School Going? What Students in Every Grade Want Their Parents to Know The first writing prompt of the year u...
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Where to Find the Best Hoverboard for Kids—and What Actually Matters When You Do
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Where to Find the Best Hoverboard for Kids—and What Actually Matters When You Do My daughter was nine when she announced she ...
Why My Son Worried About Becoming the Class Clown This Year
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Why My Son Worried About Becoming the Class Clown This Year The back-to-school shopping was going better than usual, which sh...
The first time it happened, I was parked outside Target with a cart full of returns and one very determined eight-month-old
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The first time it happened, I was parked outside Target with a cart full of returns and one very determined eight-month-old. ...
Did Your Degree Shape You
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Did Your Degree Shape You? What This Teacher Wants Parents to Understand I found my college diploma last Sunday in a cardboar...
Why the Car Seat Is a Battle (and How We Handle It)
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Why the Car Seat Is a Battle (and How We Handle It) The first time it happened, we were at the supermarket parking lot, unloa...
Sometimes I Regret Having Kids—What I’ve Learned as a Parent Educator
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Sometimes I Regret Having Kids—What I’ve Learned as a Parent Educator The baby was finally asleep at 3:15 a.m., but I was sti...
Why My Toddler Won’t Put On Shoes: What I Learned After Saying It Three Times
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Why My Toddler Won’t Put On Shoes: What I Learned After Saying It Three Times This morning, I said “shoes” ...
Why More Young Men Are Skipping College—and How Parents Can Help Them Find a Path
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Why More Young Men Are Skipping College—and How Parents Can Help Them Find a Path The first sign wasn’t a bad grade. It was t...
The permission slip came home in a plastic folder on a Tuesday
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The permission slip came home in a plastic folder on a Tuesday. My daughter, Maya, set it on the kitchen counter without sayi...