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Parents for Healthy Kids at Home and School

When was the last time you ate a school lunch? Do you know if your elementary school student has recess

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Seven New School Year Resolutions

Parents have two “New Years”—January 1 and the first day of school. The back-to-school season means it’s time for new

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Four Myths About Back-to-School

Stress caused by Myths …. A mother of two teenagers sighed as she confessed to me her mixed emotions about

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10-Day Countdown to School Readiness

Despite the best of intentions, reading and writing often take a back seat to other activities over the summer—speech-language pathologists

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Parents’ Guides to Student Success

Whether they are just starting elementary school or are getting ready to graduate high school, every parent wants their child

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Anaphylaxis: Be Aware, Prepared, and Ready to Respond

August is always a stressful time for parents sending their kids back to school, especially for parents of children with

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Talking to Your Teen: Underage Drinking

In 2015, 10,265 people died in drunk driving crashes—one every 51 minutes—and 290,000 were injured in drunk driving crashes. When

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What’s Your STEM? – Physics in a Juice Can

Short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM represents much more than a collection of school subjects or classes. It’s

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Protecting Your Child’s Student Data Privacy

We all have the luxury of Googling anything that we want to know, learn or buy while sitting home watching

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A Family Science Fair: 3 Fun Experiments

It’s easy to be a scientist. Simply look around and ask “why?” We’re sure your children do that often enough!

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