Category: elementary school age
So many people here wanted to know if – and how! – to talk to kids about Robin Williams suicide. This guide is a good litmus test to help you decide if that is…
Do you fear peer pressure? I did, until I started to work with large groups of kids. And then? I saw a kindergarten teacher get a whole room quiet by saying “I like how…
Kids can, and should, do good. Kids love to make the world a better place! Think they won’t get into it? Think it will be a battle? Here are tips and solutions so that…
Summer. It means swimming, bike riding, walking for ice cream, and wandering the neighborhood to look for other kids playing outside. It’s meant all those things since my boys were tiny. This year, however,…
Kids and bathrooms. As soon as kids are old enough to pee alone, we find ourselves calling out that most common sense of early parenting: “Did you flush and wash??” What surprises most parents…
My biggest challenge right now that I am dealing with as a parent is the intense fighting and competition between my 6 and 9 year old boys. They bicker, compete for our attention and…
Kids and money. Not simple! We want our kids to understand money, value money, and save money. But we don’t often let them use money – especially money over which they have some control….
We love the library! Going, looking , reading, borrowing, the library – and the books we get to bring home – is a favorite destination for all of my boys. They walk there excited,…
Does your family have some time off? When we are busy with school and work and schedules, I often start planning vacations, at least in my mind. It seems like such a great idea…