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How Afterschool Activities Benefit Kids
“I’m bored,” my 11- year-old daughter grumbled as she collapsed onto the couch. It was a rare unscheduled moment. I cringed as I know what can occur when she has a spontaneous second. At the…
Back to School Snacks for Brain Health
For parents, that means the added duty of packing a nutritious lunch and snacks to sustain your children’s mental power and energy throughout the day. Luckily, choosing brain healthy snacks is easier than you think.…
Homework Help
Tips to ease frustration and boost focus By the time Meira Mednick’s son was in third grade, homework time had morphed into lengthy, embattled evenings fraught with angry tears as frustrated son and frazzled mom…
Shhh! How to Create Your Own Little Free…
My family loves to read. And we love sharing great books with others and discovering new reads. So when I heard about the Little Free Library movement, I knew we had to get involved. These…
Getting Kids to Listen
Many parents confess to yelling at their kids upwards of ten times a day. Parents say they do this most of all because they want their children to listen but they get zero cooperation. When…