REALITY CHECK:  What have your kids learned these last two years about democracy and the electoral process?
It’s November 4th. Election Day! The moment that defines who we are as a democracy.  It’s easy to overlook how significant voting is—especially when the election day coverage has been going on non-stop it seems for two years plus. But [...]

This morning on the Today show I spoke with Al Roker about one of my family’s favorite holiday–Halloween. Halloween always has been at the top of most kids’ “fun holidays.” And why not? Playing dress up, asking for candy and getting it, staying out a bit late and carving pumpkins–it’s all the stuff kids love. But [...]

Let’s face it, these last few days have been a stressful roller coaster ride as we watch that stock market. My email box has been flooded with notes from concerned moms and dads asking for tips on how to stop yelling at their kids. Stress builds quickly and turns into anger. Yelling is contagious, so [...]

These are tough times for us all, but they can be especially hard if you have kids After all a big part of parenting is about wanting our children to be happy and shielding them from the more painful parts of life. So when our child’s face crumble because we can’t afford their birthday party, [...]

Over the last few weeks my email box has been filled with questions from parents. All deal with the same issue: “Is my child gifted?” The interest has been so strong, I’ll be doing a special segment tomorrow (Wed, September 24 at 9:14 am) on the Today Show. I’ll also be answering queries from parents [...]

Well, school has started and about now the “Honeymoon” is over. Assignments start to pile up and those homework battles may be starting up, too. “Homework time” can be very stressful and tension-filled for both child and parent, but research clearly says that doing homework enhances not only a child’s learning but also teaches essential [...]