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My 11-Year-Old Cousin Has Changed – What I’m Seeing and What Might Help Last Sunday, my aunt asked me to drive my cousin Lily...

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Why the College Gender Gap Should Worry Every Parent (Not Just Parents of Sons) The senior college application meeting ran la...

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How to Find the Best Hoverboard for Kids Without the Guesswork My son Leo is eight, and for the past three weeks he has watch...

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What’s the ultimate ‘mum’ car? A parent’s honest take on what actually matters The baby drops her sippy cup for the fourth ti...

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The 3 a.m. wake-up call comes with a specific sound now. It’s not a cry, exactly, but a kind of indignant squawk—a “how dare ...

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Why kids can’t always explain what’s going on in their heads (and what actually helps) The other morning, I had a student sit...

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What Actually Happens When Your Child Is 16 in the 9th Grade? “Mom. I’m cooked.” My son said it on the thir...

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The PISA Scores Are Bad All Over. Here’s What I Tell Parents at Conferences Lisa sat down across from me with a folded printo...

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Why I Get Nervous About My Class (A Teacher’s Perspective) The hallway is still quiet at 7:40 on a Tuesday. I’m s...

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The Cassandra Effect in Adulthood: Why No One Believes What Teachers and Parents See Coming At the end of the day, I still th...