Category: School

Now that many of us are ( damn it looking) a week and a half of physical distancing – that is, trapped in a house […]

As I write this, I am personally on Day Two of our temporary-but-we-don’t-know- how temporary school closure. For those of you in the same boat, […]

With schools across the country closing and parents trying to either work from home or seek childcare, this can easily be seen as one big […]

At nine, my son and his friends most often crave two things: more independence and more time to hang out. We are also halfway between […]

We like to say that raising a child takes a village, but sometimes this village looks rather sparsely populated. We often do not live in […]

These days I have a certain pattern in the evenings. I am taking my son out of extracurricular care. I’m glad to see him; he’s […]

A few months ago, my son came home from school and asked if he could play another new video game that a friend told him […]

I first heard about the Your Parenting Mojo podcast on another parenting podcast: One Bad Mother . OBM is my favorite because they’re basically two […]

Raising a child with an identified learning disability is a frequent and ongoing advocacy exercise. And perhaps one of the most confusing things these parents […]

This chorus is played all over the world every afternoon or early evening. Parents everywhere ask: “How was school?” And their kids say, “Okay,” far […]

When I was in fifth grade, my family moved to the suburbs of Cincinnati from Illinois. I knew that the only way to keep in […]

If one of your goals for 2020 is to develop more productive habits and increase your own happiness in life, Yale can help you with […]

Many parents would like to fill our children’s bookshelves with a variety of characters, storylines, and family structures. However, it is easier said than done […]

This is my last post as a staff writer for Lifehacker, so I want to give you some meta tips. If you want to learn […]

Helping children develop their news literacy skills is more important than ever, and teaching children to recognize fake news alone is not enough. To develop […]

Reddit users love to ask each other about their favorite funny, mind-blowing, conflicting, or disturbing facts. Every few months, a new ‘fun facts’ thread appears […]

When Jenna Gensick’s son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, she began her research. She has collected the advice of ordinary experts – doctors and […]

Young children learn so much at an early age. They learn to walk, talk and recognize different things – people, animals, numbers, letters and colors. […]

We live in a time when cyberbullying, self-harm, suicide and school shootings are all parents and educators need to worry about. And as technology became […]

Our kids have really long days. Due to the sheer need for a timetable, they often go to school before we are at work, and […]

If your child has a wide range of interests and short attention span , he will probably enjoy Triviatopia , a series of educational YouTube […]

School lunches – and policies that dishonor the children of parents with lunch arrears – are on the news again. The New Jersey school reportedly […]

With three debates going on, it’s clearer than ever which Democratic candidate has a real shot at running for president. And today’s debate in Ohio […]

When I was a teenager, I got most of my current affairs knowledge from snippets of adult conversations I heard, as well as from the […]

If you’re struggling to help your child with math and science homework and you can’t fix it by learning Common Core math online , try […]

Choosing the right school for your children is a big decision. From first grade kindergarten to college, we want them to live in an academically […]

We tend to think of Conversation as one very awkward conversation in which your parents sit you down to tell you about sex (you already […]

When Hannah Bartek was little, she had the same sleep routine as all children in America, but with a twist: every night she brushed her […]

School starts, and for many kindergartens, one of the biggest changes they face is lunch time. The lunchtime routine in kindergarten is not like at […]

During the summer, the children grazed in the pasture, and perhaps the “lunch” was a series of snacks laid out all day. But now that […]

Ah, college. Time to explore your interests, your identity and your insane high-speed internet connection. While you might be tempted to use your college network […]

The Great Gatsby is overrated. Good book! Great book! It’s just not the best book , especially not the best book, to teach teens about […]

According to Inside Higher Ed, more than a third of students transfer to colleges at some point in the hopes of finding greener pastures. And […]

Of all the old-school parenting tricks I learned from my grandmother, who raised eight children, myself included, one stands out as a magic wand when […]

Based on my informal survey of moms and dads, the worst part of the morning at school is packing school lunches. I’m not sure what […]

The first time I went to the dorm – it was summer camp, not college, but close enough – my parents gave me a giant […]

You may have seen a video at some point in your online career of a college student standing in an ordinary dorm room. The man […]

Choosing a specialization may seem like a choice of your entire life path. Or it might seem like a placeholder while you get your shit […]

I understand that some parents are good at mornings. I’m not one of them, but I would like to be, and I kind of should […]

Hey! You didn’t come here to escape school, did you? Well, at least you will learn to do better when you finish this little break. […]