In a travel story Sunday, I wrote of a social experiment I conducted using my own four kids as the hapless Guinea Pigs. For a 540-mile, 11-hour excursion in the minivan I unplugged all electronic media. This was road travel as…

The Save-a-Lot grocery chain shares these tips for packing a school lunch your child is sure to eat:

1. Mix it up. Never pack the same thing two days in a row. Even changing the drink or sides can make another…

Strong readers have a built-in advantage in school. They are more likely to get better grades, score better on tests and feel more successful as students – even in the most challenging classes.

So, here’s the dilemma facing parents of boys: How…

In a few short weeks, most children will be back in their classrooms.

To make sure you child gets off to a strong start, there is a simple habit parents can teach their children: Get organized. One of the more common causes of poor…

The tax-free weekend is approaching…and there will be hordes of parents hitting the stores for back-to-school bargains on clothes and supplies.

With the economy still in the doldrums, and so many of us still watching our spending, I wonder if any tweens…

If your kids are starting to catch nothing-to-do-itis, with still several weeks of summer breaks to go, here are some ideas from Disney FamilyFun. The magazine awarded Boredom Buster Awards to 15 toys they deemed a worthy responses to: “I’m booored!”

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