School Years

May kicks off Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. One great way to recognize and celebrate the month with your children is to read children's books written by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors and featuring AAPI characters. As an...

A child's learning difference presents new challenges in child-rearing. We parents generally have the same goal for our children, don’t we? We just want them to be happy, healthy, functioning humans now and for a lifetime.  Whether at school, home, or...

Is this normal teen behavior or...? Remember way back in middle school when all you cared about was who wore what, who’s listening to who, and how you styled your hair?  There was so much pressure to fit in—it was borderline exhausting.  Eventually,...

This post has been sponsored by Great Hearts Online. All opinions are 100% our own. If you’re a parent considering homeschool (or online school), you’re going to want to hear this!  Our world flipped, turned upside down two years ago. We...

We hear about Read Across America every year, but what is it and why is it important? I was surprised when I began researching all they had to offer—most of what I thought I knew about it was false!...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, the day marked by grandiose expressions of LOVE! Everything from cute cards to decadent boxes of chocolate (THANK YOU, GODIVA), breathtaking bouquets to beautiful candlelit dinners. February is the month known for...

Teachers are often with our kids for more hours of the day than we are; they mold and form young minds all day, every day. Teachers are some of the most important people in our children's lives, and they...

My four-year-old daughter's day-to-day conversations are pretty easy to understand, but every now and then, there are a few words that she stumbles on or a sentence isn't quite as clear. When that happens, my mind begins to wander....