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.
It’s hard to avoid hearing about coronavirus and not start to feel a moment of panic. Kids, especially, might be hearing things about the coronavirus that may or may not be true. I’ve rounded up some resources to share with your kids about the coronavirus and hand washing, our best defense against it. I’ve also…
I’m going to let you in on our secret beach on Kauai that we stumbled on this past summer. My husband and his friend Aaron spotted it while playing golf at The Club at Kukuiula. It’s a private exclusive club and they only had access because they know people. His friend Aaron played on the…
My blog is also my virtual scrapbook for my family. Sadly though, only my husband reads my blog. One day, I hope my kids (or future grandkids) will find these posts about them and enjoy them. Today, I want to preserve this local newspaper write up of my daughter’s high school nordic team. She started…
A good night’s sleep is critical at all ages. Children’s rapid brain growth and physical development mean that their little bodies need the right amount of quality sleep every night. Getting that sleep begins with choosing the right mattress and there are a lot of brands that offer high-quality mattresses, Nectar, for example. Here are several factors to…
For my son’s birthday last year, I was finally able to book his oyster farm tour at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury. My son loves oysters on the half-shell. It’s not surprising that he’s also the best shucker in the family. The oyster tours were all booked last summer, so I made sure to book…
Alison Foley on why kids should play more than one sport and how coaches can support multi-sport athletes. Alison Foley is the winningest coach in Boston College history. As the former head coach of women’s soccer, her program went to eight Sweet 16’s, three Elite Eights, and the 2010 College Cup (Final Four). She also…
Alison and I wrote How To Coach Girls to share her knowledge from coaching for more than two decades when we realized that girls were quitting sports at six times the rate of boys. In fact, 70% of all kids quit organized sports by the age of 13. Why? The number one reason is that…