The 12 Days of Christmas Break
On the first day of Christmas break my children gave to me a pillow fight that landed in the tree.
Bullying: Words Can Kill
There were tissues on the tables. I took this as a sign that this wasn’t going to be the usual “kiss-kiss, here’s your swag” blogger event. And it wasn’t. Rather, it was a peek into the rampant bullying happening in our middle schools. CBS invited some 20 bloggers, including me, to their New York City [...]
8 Things I'm Good at, Thanks to Summer Break
I know how to say “If you fight over the fort, it’s coming down” using hand signals
10 Things to Remember When Summer Break Starts to Break You
You still have four right-handed mitten shoved in the back of your closet.
Note to Teens: Careful What You Click on Facebook
Nowadays, parents have to worry that one wrong click on Facebook will bring a mob of strangers to their front yard.
10 Signs the School Year is Ending
You just wrestled another mom for the last bucket of driveway chalk at Target, and now you’re racing each other for the Slip n’ Slide.
Another Mountain: The Fifth Grade Graduation
By fifth grade, he, too, held his breath, waiting for the quarterly PET scans results that would prove that I was in remission.
