Learning the Value of Money
Learning the Value of Money When I was a middle schooler, all the cool kids wore the same brand of insanely expensive jeans. I coveted...
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Kids with Guns at School
Kids with Guns at School “The year was 1965. My brother and I attended a small country school. It was not uncommon for students to drive...
Sugar Overload
Sugar Overload! Sweet as Sugar Mardi Gras, Easter, birthday celebrations, class parties, Halloween, Christmas - the excuses for consuming...
7 Things Every Parent Should Know About Their ‘Tween’s Health
7 Things Every Parent Should Know About Their ‘Tween’s Health A few months ago, my oldest daughter started gleefully announcing that she...
Spoiled for Choice: Where to Send My Child to School?
Spoiled for Choice It feels like one of the most important parenting decisions we will ever make, and it probably is. Where will I send...
Vaccines: Deadly Choices or Your Child's Best Shot?
Understanding Vaccines On the back of the exam room door in our pediatrician’s office there is a detailed vaccination schedule. I do not...
From the Brink of Suicide: Why Society Should Talk About Mental Illness
From the Brink of Suicide: Why Society Should Talk About Mental Illness When I was a teenager, I was hanging out in my room one night...
Am I Raising a Psychopath?
Am I Raising a Psychopath? My first job out of teaching college, where I trained to become a special education teacher, was in a middle...
STEM in Preschool
STEM in Preschool My kids love children’s museums. We have visited children’s museums in at least six or seven different states. Whenever...
Mental Health, Students, & Test Taking
Mental Health, Students, & Test Taking “It’s going to be on the test!” How many times did we hear this phrase when we were in school? The...
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