It’s Girl Scout cookie time, which means my daughter is attempting to sell 6,000 cookies. She set this goal after spotting an iPad and a trip to Washington, D.C., in the prize catalog. I gently tried to explain to her that we do not have space in our house for 6,000 cookies, and probably no...
There’s a lot teachers have to deal with in their careers. Underfunding, standardized testing, challenging students and parents, and the politicization of their profession are all difficult national issues. On the other hand, some of the things they have to deal with are less consequential but ever-present nonetheless. For example, classroom aesthetics, as educator Megan...
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Moment/Getty Images It’s a scene every parent has watched play out. For whatever reason, your kid who normally bounces into school happy as can be is just not wanting to detach from you one morning. My son is 3, and he usually bops into pre-K with his oversized backpack on, all smiles, no problem....
TikTok / @growwithbeck ‘Sorry’ was a banned term at my college serving job. No, really. Curse all you want, but apologize, you must not. Why? Well, my coworkers were all women, and when you put a bunch of gals together, chances are, ‘sorry’ will quickly become your collective most-frequently used word. Sorry, ladies, but we...