d3sign/Getty Images Welp, the countdown is on for kids to head back to school, signalling the impending end of an all-too-fast summer. And while that means shelling out $40 for that Owala water bottle your tween just has to have (and will probably lose in two weeks, tops), it may also mean setting aside some...
Phynart Studio/E+/Getty Images We’re halfway through July — depending on where you live, there may be just a few weeks left until school starts again. And for roughly half of American parents, that’s enough to make them wince. From new clothes and shoes to notebooks, pens, a backpack, and possibly a crazy expensive calculator, back-to-school...
Pool/Getty Images News/Getty Images This week, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume the gutting of the U.S. Department of Education. This dismantling goes hand in hand with his larger plan to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states, a...
Getty/Threads Maybe social media is to blame, or just an ever-escalating case of keeping up with the Joneses. But whatever the reason, kid birthday parties have gotten out of control. While it was perfectly normal for birthday parties in the 90s to consists of little more than a homemade sheet cake and a couple of...