School’s out for the summer, and the kids are relaxing. After a rough school year, that’s a good thing. Everyone needs time for a break. But the schools love to give out assignments to be done over the summer. How do you balance summer vacation vs homework? I like...
School is out or going to be out soon for much of the country. Summer’s almost here. Have you signed up your kids for swimming lessons yet? I consider swimming lessons one of the most important activities you can sign your kids up for. It doesn’t matter if you...
I’m pretty obviously a fan of stay at home moms. Wouldn’t run this site if I weren’t. It’s an important job and one I wouldn’t trade without a lot of pain. But I’m also not as insistent as some that moms should stay at home with their kids. It’s...
I was reading an interview with Lenore Skenazy on Salon the other day. With her new book out (Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry), I’m seeing a lot of stuff about her. It just amazes me how overprotective parents can be....
It’s not easy to get some kids to eat right. Come to think of it, it’s not easy to get some parents to eat right. We’re the ones who start it a lot of the time, aren’t we? When you’re at home with the kids all day there’s a...