If you think homework overload is interfering with your family life and jeopardizing your child’s wellbeing, you’re not alone. “We were surprised to discover that homework overload is happening from…
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Since I started blogging at Parenting by the Book for Richmond Family Magazine, I have read twenty-four titles from experts on everything from our kids’ disconnect with nature to the…
Yes, it’s about two hours from Richmond to Portsmouth, Virginia. Yes, road-tripping to the beach with the kids in the dead of winter seems a little crazy. But the good…
Last week, while reviewing holiday wish lists, I let my daughters know that some items were on backorder. My oldest remarked, “What’s Santa been doing all year?” It struck me…
Over the past two years, I’ve blogged about 24 parenting books and this is the first time I ever spied my husband actually reading one of them. He is much…
It’s no secret. When mom’s happy, the family’s happy. Yet “women admit they don’t invest enough time in doing the things that make them happy,” authors Cathy Greenberg and Barrett…
Just hearing the song “Home for the Holidays” conjures up images ranging from “Dixie’s sunny shore” to “Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie” – except, perhaps, for the hosts with…
“Happiness is a view of the world,” writes Cathy Greenberg and Barrett Avigdor. “It comes when you align your life to your values, learn to love and forgive yourself and…
While Kieran Egan’s program may have radical effects on student learning, it’s surprisingly easy to implement. The key to deep knowledge is the following: breadth, depth, and participation. “The breadth…
“Look at the curriculum guides for all those years of school: they are like a vast encyclopedia of human knowledge. But it is as though all that knowledge was taught…
When I was a child, my mother yelling didn’t affect me as much as when she said, “I’m disappointed.” Therefore, as Amy McCready explained the power of “The Calm…
“You’ve tried everything. Time-outs. Yelling. Reminding. Nagging. Taking away privileges. Counting to three. And none of them worked. Like most parents, you’re fed up,” author Amy McCready sympathizes. Promoted as…
