Use Media to Teach Your Kids Self-Control
In a world of instant gratification and instant access to just about everything, self-control is really important—and can be really challenging. You can use…
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Intervention Services Can Prevent Juvenile Incarceration
When you live in a rural community, you really get to know your neighbors. With fewer people around, your neighbors’ kids become your own…
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Living with Columbine: Protecting Our Kids
As the mother of a child just entering middle school in the district where the infamous Columbine High School shooting occurred, I have a…
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The Perfect Formula for Academic Achievement
Childhood obesity has become a major topic in our schools. According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled…
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Closing The Wide Homework Gap
As parents you know the routine. Your kids tell you they need to use the computer to do their homework. They need to find…
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Personalized Learning & Students with Disabilities
Personalized learning is sweeping across schools and districts nationwide. At NCLD, we see the potential, but we are also asking: What does this mean…
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Keep Kids Learning Over the Holidays
Though winter is a busy and exciting time, visiting relatives and enjoying the holidays, parents shouldn’t forget about the potential for learning loss. Learning…
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Home Experiments for Kids: Rocket Launch!
Our Children Magazine presents fun….easy…and cheap science projects for kids! Is your child a mad scientist in the making? Have they ever wanted to…
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Why I Volunteer
From the PTA Blog: Even at 40 years old, I still get scared. Driving out of town to a place I have never been…
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Kid-Friendly Cooking for Thanksgiving
Perhaps the most special thing about cooking is the way that skills and traditions are passed down within families from generation to generation. Holidays—particularly…
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