7 Family Time and Learning Tips for the Holidays
The holiday season is here! Like most families, my household is already in a flurry of activity—decorating, purchasing gifts, preparing for guests and baking…
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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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National Adoption Month: One Mother’s Story
November is National Adoption Month! In celebration of the wonderful adoptive families in America, we asked one mom, Cynthia Gismegian, to share her adoption…
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November is National Adoption Month!
Families who choose to adopt children and youth make a meaningful, and often critical, difference in the lives of very vulnerable children in our society….
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What Screen Time Is Better than Others?
With more and more of our lives being lived online, your kids are getting more screen time than ever—about six to nine hours a…
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Understanding What Transgender Means
Imagine you are a child assigned as a male at birth, but by age three you feel certain you are a girl. You reject…
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How Much Screen Time is Too Much?
The digital world is here to stay, and that means it’s no secret that today’s children face different challenges than previous generations. Homework? Submit…
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3 Steps to Skip Flu Season
The flu can cause children to miss school, activities or even be hospitalized. You can get sick simply from droplets made when people with…
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Modeling Good Citizenship During Election Season
In the spring, during the primaries, my 7-year-old daughter came home fired up, talking about how if she could vote whom she would vote…
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