Currently Browsing: August 2024 9 articles
Dinner’s Ready: Kali Brigham’s Barefoot Contessa’s Linguini with Shrimp Scampi
“I’m definitely in my ‘AND’ era,” describes Kali Brigham of Pensacola Beach. “I’m in a season where I get to experience a lot of different things because of my interests, […]
Student Spotlight – August 2024
Repairing Traumatic Moments
Let’s just be honest, most of us experience the feeling of overwhelm more than we want to admit. There is simply too much stimulation in our world: too much to […]
Banish Back-To-School Blues: 10 Ways To Build Better Student-Teacher Relationships
Teacher-student cooperation is an important alliance that starts at home and affects a child’s entire academic career. Having positive relationships with teachers throughout twelve years of school can make the […]
How Multiple Extracurricular Activities Can Shape Success
“I’m bored,” my 11-year-old daughter grumbled as she collapsed on to the couch. It was a rare unscheduled moment in her life. I cringed as I recalled what can occur […]
How to Communicate With Your Middle Schooler
Around the time my twins turned 13, they stopped talking to me. After a mumbled “Hello” when they got home from school, they would scamper off to their rooms and […]
Identity Theft Protection?
How important do you feel identity theft protection is today? Should my husband and I buy it just for ourselves, or should we cover the kids, too? A. Unless you’ve […]
The Helicopter Parent GenerationGetting Kids Off Screens and Outside
The summer of 1983 looked a bit like this for my brother and me. Wake up at 7. Eat breakfast. Do our household chores. And then we were promptly kicked […]
From the Publisher – August 2024
It seems that just as I am getting settled into the summer routine, the stores start putting out the Back-to-School displays. This immediately sends me cycling through the five stages […]
