This summer my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, will be working a summer internship at Carnegie Mellon. My middle child, PickyKidPix, also visited Carnegie Mellon as part of her college tours. She liked it so much that she was planning on applying there if she didn’t get into her Early Decision (binding) college. What impresses me…
Two of my kids went to a co-op preschool which meant that the parents ran the school, including volunteering for things like taking care of the facilities and doing the bookkeeping. At our public elementary school, the parents also played a large role as part of the PTO in raising money for school necessities like…
Please welcome author Valerie Bolling with her list of Parent-Child Special Moments, a reminder that we can also celebrate single mothers on Father’s Day for the multi-parenting roles they play. We are giving away a copy of Together We Ride. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. How about you? What are…
My middle daughter loves musicals. When we visited London, we found that everything there was much more expensive compared to prices in the United States except for one thing … Broadway shows! The West End, the “first” Broadway, is also a theater lover’s nirvana. What is nice about the West End is that the shows…
My daughter’s roommate at Northwestern was an exchange student from University College London (UCL). She gave us a tour of her college when we visited London. I visited Cambridge University more than 30 years ago and it is a lovely and defined campus. It’s very much like an Ivy League campus like Harvard and Yale….
The Boston Authors Club hosted its first event after the Covid shut down on April 25 at the Blue Bunny bookstore. Over 35 people turned out for a stellar panel discussion on Children’s Book Writing. One woman flew in all the way from Toronto!! I was thrilled to be on the panel along with Nancy…
Most parents would agree that technology only made their job harder. Apart from navigating and protecting your child through the “real” world, now you need to do the same on the internet. It’s a difficult task, especially since many parents aren’t tech-savvy. The good news is there are simple things you can do to improve…