My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
Please welcome my guest author, Jonathan Cristall, a prosecutor for the City of Los Angeles. My sister and brother-in-law know him. His book taps into his knowledge of the law with teenagers. My sister says it is a Must-Read for parents of teenagers, especially if your child is DRIVING. His tips will help keep them…
My son’s artwork is on the cover of the Newton Community Education Kids Catalog. The backstory is that my son started 9th-grade last year. His high school closed during the COVID-19 pandemic about mid-March. More than a month later, his school went online but just for a few hours a day (and not every day)….
My middle daughter fell in love with Northwestern University on September 2, 2017, when we did an impromptu visit as we were already in the area to visit SAIC (School of Art Institute of Chicago) for my oldest. I recorded it here: There was just something visercal about her reaction to the school. It was…
Choosing the right baby gift can be hard and the best baby gifts can offer some sort of help to the parents. No matter what you choose, there are tons of gift options out there. Whether it is a gift that will brighten up the nursery or help carry around all the stuff that a…
Play is not just a fun activity that helps children pass the time. It actually has an essential role in the brain development of all children, almost right after they are born. Play fosters early learning skills and boosts their imagination while also teaching them social-emotional skills and cognitive skills Early and healthy brain development…
It’s that time of year when college students need to land a summer internship and in a poor economic environment that’s no easy task. So what to do? I am using my college student daughter as an example (without her permission). How To Land a Summer Internship Step 1: Create Your LinkedIn Profile You probably…
It is not always usual for your children to reach out to you for help, especially when it comes to academics. So when they do, you probably want to help them and guide them in the best way possible. It is particularly challenging when such a request comes through during the college admission season. The…