Of Cauliflower and Cardboard: Finding Good Daycare
When I was on maternity leave and searching for good daycare, I had definite ideas about what I wanted to see before trusting my child to a stranger. My original criteria included being home-based, play-based, having no TV and good grammar.
Summer Slide or School Slide?
Summer doesn’t mean soggy brains. Summer is a chance for a child’s soul to expand.
As the school year wraps up, the usual things come home in my kids’ backpacks – stubby pencils, forgotten jackets, artwork, end-of-year piles of papers.
Screen Time for Parents
I remember when I first saw someone walking down the street with a cell phone to their ear. It was a remarkable sight, and not that long ago. Now what’s remarkable is seeing someone who’s NOT got a device attached in every day life.