There are lots of inspiring TED Talks out there for adults—but if we’re not sharing some of them with our kids,…
If you applied to a dream school, but landed on the waiting list, it can feel like all hope is lost. In a sense, it…
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Maybe you weren’t required to sit through endless hours of middle school typing class, like I was. Or maybe you…
Transitioning kids back into the classroom after a three-month summer hiatus is often a challenge. Even the…
It’s Read Across America Day, which means millions of school children across the country will be celebrating today…
Few kids can resist a good science experiment, and I have always found the best ones to be those that are easy to…
For many parents, it’s not a matter of whether our kids’ screen time has increased in the past year, but by how much.…
If you want to learn how to code, taking your first steps into this huge universe might seem like a daunting, if not…
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This year, I have seen my son’s fourth grade teacher in person exactly one time—and that one time was a fluke in…
If we learned one thing from 1990s classics like Sister Act II: Back in the Habit and Mr. Holland’s Opus, it’s that…
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We’ve spent the better part of the past year grappling with what is and what isn’t safe. It’s almost as if the word…
If it seemed like kids didn’t have much to say about their school day before the pandemic hit, it shouldn’t be…
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Not only do many kids stop reading for fun around age 9, we’re also in the midst of a pandemic that has brought much…
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but our kids’ teachers have been through a lot this year. Sure, we all have been…
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The pandemic has taken so much from us—but do you know what it doesn’t have to take? Our kid’s awkwardly posed…
We all have our own unique challenges during this time; no one is completely free from the stress a pandemic brings.…
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This pandemic has been full of tough moments, but there have been some nice silver-lining-style walks, too. I try to…
Hey, parents, guess what? Trump created a “1776 Commission” that aims to teach children “about the miracle of…
Our kids’ Zoom classes can be eye-opening for a lot of reasons, but one thing you may have noticed since the school…
Sesame Street and CNN are partnering up for all our emotional needs this year, first with the virtual COVID-19 town…
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