By Guest Post
We asked famous librarian Miss Nemesis for the dirt on school assignments, oblivious teachers, and what you can do to help your child get the most out of the library this year. Miss Nemesis has worked for many fancy libraries, birthed an adorable baby, and walks around emitting the delicate scent ...
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By Rachael Herrscher
Dudes. So I'm up late with my 2nd grader . . . doing a book report . . . and I'm being forced to help him be creative and I'm searching through magazines for some images we can cut out . . . when I find THESE:
They were just sitting there in my December Real Simple magazine. Begging me t...
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By Tracy Beckerman
“OH, NO!!” groaned my son. “The chinchilla ate my homework!”
This might be an odd thing to hear your child say, if it weren't our house, and the fact that we do, actually, own a chinchilla, who does, sometimes, chew up things he's not supposed to.
My son held up two sheets of pap...
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By Parenting Magazine
By Shaun Dreisbach, Parenting
It can seem like Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The school bus pulls up and instead of that smiling, happy kid who left this morning, off comes a grumpy, whining, tantrum-prone look-alike. "Going back to school is completely draining for kids -- mentall...
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By Staff
"How was school today?"
"Fine."
"Well, what did you do?"
"Nothin'."
We've all been there. Getting kids to talk about their day can be quite the challenge for parents as well as after-school nannies and babysitters. Add in the chaos of the back-to-school season, the repressed energy from ...
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By Erica Fehrman
Do you remember walking into school with your social studies project and feeling proud of your handiwork? The diorama of Johnny Appleseed, stuffed inside a shoebox, is perfect. You collected the seeds from your family’s apple snacks for two weeks, and feel sure of an “A” grade--until you loo...
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