Summer has officially ended in our household. My 6-year-old went back to school and started first grade. We have counted down the days, made sure we had school supplies and anxiously awaited the new school year. I am so thankful that my daughter was excited about going back to school ...
by Robin Abcarian Is it OK to pay a child to do well in school? I’m currently grappling with this question. Five years ago, my then-8-year-old niece moved in with me. Overnight, I became a single “mom” to a wonderful, if emotionally fragile, third-grader. She had been ...
Many were likely shocked, though perhaps not surprised, by the story of an online fight that ended in real-world violence in Westover, with an 18-year-old in police custody and charged with assault and a minor in the hospital with a concussion and other injuries. “Shocked” because of the ...
by Jeffery M. Leving For better and for worse, the link between biological parents and their children is well known, from a child inheriting a mother’s wit and skill at math to inheriting a father’s nose and short temper. It turns out children also cause a change in a father’s ...
When we were kids, it was “don’t talk to strangers.” The gentle admonishment from our parents was a reminder that, although the world seemed wide and bright to us as children, there was darkness out there and we needed to be careful. Now that we’re adults, the world seems even ...
by Christine Ledbetter In this time of COVID-19, millennials rear their children with precision, rituals and caution. Nothing within their control is left to chance. The safe world in which they once envisioned raising their children has vanished. That’s why routine is paramount ...