Tag: education

Five High School Hacks

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But what if you fly? My daughter is the nervous type. The nervous type with a special education diagnosis, sees a therapist, and, honestly,...

Preparing Your Child for a Successful Back-to-School Transition

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Summer is filled with lots of fun, rest, and relaxation. This often means staying up later than usual, waking up later than expected, and...

Finding Myself In The Library

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As a child, I loved to read. I read so much and so fast that my mother used to say I “ate books.” I...

26 Picture Books, Loved by a Mom and Her Four-Year-Old

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I have always loved taking my children to the library. I have vivid memories of stuffing the storage basket of my stroller with dozens of...

Teaching My 16-Year-Old How to Drive in CT

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When my daughter turned 16 and got her learner’s permit, I knew it would be life-changing for all of us, but in reality, I...

Children Are Like Kites

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My middle daughter just graduated from PreK. It was an experience I had already been through with my oldest, but for some reason, this...

Helping Kids Embrace Summer Reading

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  Ah, the sun-kissed days of summer! It’s a nice time for kids to bask in the freedom from school routines and homework and appreciate...

Our Family’s YouTube Detox: Reading the Classics

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It was a brilliant Saturday morning, the sun shining, the air warm—just the type of day my kids loved for playing outside. Yet instead...

It’s Not Him, It’s Us: Celebrating World Autism Month

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Disabled. If you had asked me twenty years ago what that word meant it would have conjured up the vision of someone in a...

How (Not) to Teach Your Baby Sign Language

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When my daughter was six months old, I began to introduce some baby signs to her. I picked a handful of words that I...