Are schools too quick to call a snow day?

School districts try to wait until the last possible minute to decide, and they have several factors to consider before calling off classes, including:

1. Bus routes: Are the roads too slick or…

Parenting FAIL: Science Fair projects were due in school today, and we completely forgot about the deadline. The easiest project idea we found online for our first grader was the reliable standby: Growing mold on bread.

Weeks ago, we bought a…

As if banning dictionaries in schools wasn’t scary enough.

Last week, a parent in Virginia upset about ”sexually explicit” and “homosexual” material in the “Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition” was able to get a version of Anne Frank’s diary pulled from an…

Tooth decay affects more than one-fourth of U.S. children aged 2-5 and half of those aged 12-15, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Obviously, it is important to start children with brushing and flossing early and creating a habit of brushing after sweets.
The…

I just wasted two hours of my life watching the Grammys. Then, this realization slapped me in the face: My kids’ favorite singers were nominated for the top awards. My daughter loves Taylor Swift, who won album of the year (!)…

It’s been a year since Nadya Suleman started a media storm with her eight babies and bizarre story. Today, the longest surviving octuplets are celebrating their first birthday at their California home. According to an AP story:

Suleman’s attorney, Jeff Czech,…

Now we have to protect our children from dictionaries? Dictionaries?

The Press Enterprise reported this story last week, which has made national headlines:  

The Menifee Union School District is forming a committee to review whether dictionaries containing the definitions for sexual terms…

In today’s Post-Dispatch story about teens and texting, several experts say that sending message via phone is how this generation of young people communicates. 

So, what is the appropriate age for children to get their first cell phone? One of the…

As soon as your children begin learning to write, they quickly learn the mightiness of the pen. More often than not, they’ll turn their newest weapon against those they love the most: Their parents.

Kindergartners and first graders write the BEST hate mail to their…

This may come as no surprise to parents, but kids spend nearly eight hours a day consuming entertainment media, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Children between the ages of 8 to 18  devote 53 hours a…