I remember weeping as I watched, along with the rest of the world, the funeral procession of Princess Diana. I wasn’t even a mom yet then, but the note on ... Read More

Earth Day is April 22. Do you have any activities planned with your kids? Today, more than ever, everyone needs to pull together and do what we can to help clean ... Read More

Lyrical. Clever. Touching. Not the usual adjectives you might associate with music for children. But then again, songwriter Morgan Taylor is no ordinary musician. It’s easy to see why critics from ... Read More

The other day, I refilled a roll of toilet tissue and noticed something odd. The new roll, from a package I’d just bought at the supermarket, was the same brand ... Read More

President Obama has spoken about the importance of service and has urged Americans to give to their communities. The concept of philanthropy can be especially meaningful for children, who are ... Read More

Spring is finally here, and for lots of grade-schoolers, that means the start of outdoor sports season. According to Safe Kids USA, nearly 75 percent of households with grade-school age ... Read More

One day, shortly after my son turned 5, we were riding in a car with one of his preschool classmates and his mom when my son’s friend casually pointed to ... Read More

What would you do if you saw a parent with a young child at a R-rated scary movie? And what would you do if that same parent told her child ... Read More

How much time does your child spend every day in front of a TV or computer screen, and what effect does it have on her health? In today’s high-tech world, ... Read More

Could being the victim of bullying as a young child have lasting effects, particularly for girls? Girls who were beaten of suffer physical or verbal threats at age 6 are ... Read More

Imagine how you might feel if you had to work all day at a desk with little or no breaks. Restless? Unable to focus? Even cranky? For children, who naturally have ... Read More

Your child’s view of herself in first grade could play a major role in preventing depression when she becomes a teenager, says a new study from the University of Missouri. ... Read More