Help Your Child Eat STEM for Breakfast
When kids get into the kitchen to cook and eat regular meals with their families, they reap many benefits, including a stronger sense of confidence…
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Breakfast: The Right Way to Start the School Day
Parents and teachers know how hunger affects children in and out of the classroom. Starting the school day ready to learn—by eating a healthy…
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How to Help Kids Manage Their Anger
Anger is a completely normal and important emotion. Contrary to some popular beliefs, anger is not always a secondary feeling that is covering up…
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The Power of Positive Family Engagement
High-stakes assessments are creating quite a stressful learning environment for students and teachers in schools. Teachers just can’t do it alone, so parents have an…
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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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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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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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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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What’s Up With Look-Alike Smart Snacks?
Have you had lunch at your child’s school and sat there wondering why kids are still allowed to purchase Doritos and Cheetos, even after…
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