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 one else does either. Then I wondered, "Are there families that acquire a storage unit or a U-Haul so they can actually sell 6,000 cookies?" Let me tell you: Apparently, these people do exist, and it only took a quick Google search to find them....
Warning From A Teacher: Beware What You Put On Your Desk
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 Davidhizer (@megan.davidhizar) highlighted in a hilarious TikTok video. “When I went to school to become a teacher, nobody ever told me that I needed to be so careful about what I put out on my desk. Some students who, after I recently got married, gave...
My Health Tracker Knows When I’m Overstimulated
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. But on this particular morning, he’s a wreck – tears and snot streaming, cheeks beaming red, the works. He bravely shuffles in before stopping a few yards inside his school’s gates, where parents can’t enter, crying for me instead of walking around the corner to...
A Quick Fix For Girls Who Are Always Saying "Sorry"
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 say ‘sorry’ way, way too much. Really, it’s true — studies have proven that we apologize more often than men, and the habit can start as early as childhood. And, look, apologizing when you’ve caused another person harm is good, and we should absolutely teach...