Tackling College Sports podcast for The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship Book Launch!
Category: Parenting
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.
My 9th Grade Son Recommends 19 Books
It’s not easy getting my teenage son to read for pleasure these days! Once my kids hit high school, I give up on coercing them to read on their own since they have a lot of reading assigned to them. My son is a high school freshman now and these are the books that he…
The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship BOOK BIRTHDAY!
Today is The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s Guide‘s BOOK BIRTHDAY! Alison Foley, my co-author of How To Coach Girls, is back for our new book about how to get recruited for college sports. Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted youth sports. Many high schools are closed. Tournaments and meets are canceled….
Cover Reveal of My Newest Book! The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s Guide
Alison Foley and I wrote How To Coach Girls two years ago and we are back with a new book. Today, we are revealing the cover! The college athletic landscape has changed dramatically in the last six months. The NCAA rules have changed for many sports, creating new timelines for communicating with college coaches. COVID-19 adds…
Creating Cardboard Toys From Boxes
It can be hard to entertain the kids during Shelter-in-Place so I wanted to share my easy cardboard box crafts that kept my kids entertained for half a day. The first is an easy DIY cardboard box car. I generally like to make one car per kid and have them decorate the car with washable…
My Shelter-in-Place Coping Strategies
How is everyone holding up? We are in unprecedented times and I hope that everyone is well. I have to say that I feel very fortunate to be able to shelter-in-place. I am so grateful to everyone out there who is supporting those of us at home: delivery people, post office workers, grocery store employees,…
Designing For Good: $30k grants to Nonprofits!
I’m proud to announce that Aquent, the company that I co-founded in college, is giving away three $10,000 grants to non-profits. This is our way of giving back by helping non-profits and also supporting innovation through design. Designing for Good 2020 Competition Open for Entries! Since 2016, the Designing for Good grant competition has enabled…