For many parents, having “the talk” is a frightening and embarrassing thought. But what if I told you it shouldn’t be? Better yet, what if I told you how to do it so that it is as natural as...
Have you heard of the expression, "What goes around comes around?" Nothing more accurately illustrates that sentiment than my kids’ sleeping habits. I was a horrific sleeper myself as a young child, frequently requiring my mom to lay with...
Kids are concrete and time is abstract. I love sharing our future plans with our children so they have the joy of anticipating fun events and trips. What I don’t love is the constant questions:
How many days until...
Looking back on our early years, most of us have probably been sent to timeout, or at least remember what that chair in the corner was for. Timeouts may seem like just another part of childhood, but actually, it’s...
Tattling is really confusing for parents. On the one hand, you’re glad that you’re little one has a sense of justice, or at least knows the rules. On the other hand, something inside you knows that at least some...
As a public school teacher, I am partial to public education. And while I’ve had a good amount of experience at some middle schools and high schools in various school districts, I’m still learning about all the prekindergarten (preK),...
The first time you hear your child use a curse word goes one of two ways. You're either shocked and horrified to hear such vulgar words coming out your sweet angel's mouth, or you're stifling laughter so hard that...
Until recently, I never had the responsibility of providing snacks for a lot of kids. I've done my fair share of preschool potlucks, but the other parents are always in charge of what actually gets put on their kids'...
(This post is in partnership with MVCode)
My parents are in town, and they get a kick out of pointing out unique "San Franciscan" things around the city, saying, "Only in San Francisco!" Recently, we walked past MVCode and my mom...
(This post is in partnership with MVCode.)
I have a distinct memory of writing a computer code when I was in elementary school. It was probably 1989, I was in second grade, and the computer looked something like this:
The program...
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