Category: elementary school age
All this advertising and buzz around Black Friday sales is making my head hurt! I’m worried that my kids will only think about material items this holiday season. Is there any tangible way to…
“Mom! I want…” Do your kids have lots of wants? Do you sometimes despair of helping them appreciate what they already have? Wanting is an entirely normal function of childhood (just like saying “No”…
Do your kids’ birthdays make you feel nostalgic? Mine do. I’m not much for reliving the birth story – good news for my boys I think. That’s probably because I turned into a weeping…
Ever had the urge to laugh at your child’s meltdown? This is a normal urge! Rather than get completely enmeshed and feel terrible every time our child is upset, it is helpful to see…
Schools have lots of germs. Anywhere with lots of kids has lots of germs. How can we teach kids Which spots at school have the most germs? What can kids do to limit how…
Do your kids know you vote? It’s easy to feel like one vote won’t make any difference. But we all know that one vote is what we have to use to make a huge…
Activities can be great for kids. Sports, music, language lessons, art, chess, drama, religious school, clubs, scouts, the choices in a lot of communities feel endless. This is wonderful because it gives families options…
I love Halloween. The decorations, the costumes, the neighborhood-ness of tromping around and talking to people we usually mostly just wave at all leave me with a great warm feeling. Which is really a…
It’s OK to pee alone. When our children are small, but not so small they can be stuck in a crib for 2 minutes, they often want to follow us everywhere. Every. Where. When…