The Dread and Doom of Scholastic Book Orders
Few afternoons are as fun as the ones when my kids bring home the Scholastic Books Catalogue from school, its pages colorful and bright, boasting
Few afternoons are as fun as the ones when my kids bring home the Scholastic Books Catalogue from school, its pages colorful and bright, boasting
The first time I had a friend sleep over in high school (after years of not being allowed to have sleepover company), I remember being
Alice Braun passed away peacefully last week. She was 92 years old. A survivor of the Holocaust, she represented a breed of human being that
One of the biggest challenges facing my clients–and quite frankly, most of us–is time management. Family time is often the area that suffers and needs
“Mommy! Mommy! Can you check if my frog is dead?” my daughter bursts through the front door, ignoring the fact that I am talking to
My kids are tense. They huddle on the floor, in a corner of the family room, trying to focus on a game of Monopoly, but
I once had a student who after spending a year studying in yeshiva in Israel came back to visit. We discussed how his year had
I do not believe in words at times like these, and so I remained silent. I listened to the news, for five minutes? Ten minutes?
The rate at which children learn language varies substantially from child to child. Some children show rapid vocabulary growth before they go to school, while
It’s that time of year again, the time where we are forced to spend hours of our lives attending scintillating graduations. Some are more boring
Here’s a pretty common scenario: Your child comes home from school. You ask him, “Who did you play with today?” The answer you often get
I hope I am not stoned for saying this, but I really like snow days. I have waited to make this confession until spring has