Can a single household rule cover all eventualities?

By Reid Sullivan

We have a rule in our house: “Don’t do dumb stuff.”

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Schools need parental involvement more than ever

By Tammy DiDomenico

When kids head back to school, many parents also return to an important side project—participation in their children’s school parent-teacher organizations.

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This mom insists her sons wear bike helmets

By Tammy DiDomenico

Yes, it’s true. It’s time for the kids to dust off their bikes—and their bike helmets.

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Having children doesn't lead to parental bliss

By Arthur C. Brooks

When my wife and I had our first child in 1998, our life changed dramatically. We were sleep-deprived for a year and often had little energy for each other. With no family within 2,000 miles and few friends with kids, our social life seemed to dry up. Despite the love we had for our baby, some days it appeared to us as if we were less happy than before he was born.

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School lunch needs a makeover

By Merrilee Witherell

Those of us who survived public education know school lunches are supposed to be the subject of ridicule. We were never really sure about the "mystery meat" on the bun or the whiter shade of pale that constituted our turkey in gravy, but we nonetheless ate up and lived to tell the tale. I wonder if our own kids will be so lucky.

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Grandparents can play a vital role in children's lives.

By James Bates

After the birth of our third child this past summer, my parents and my wife’s parents traveled thousands of miles to see their new granddaughter. Each grandmother and grandfather spent hours holding the baby, singing to her, burping her, struggling to get her to go to sleep, and doing everything they could to get her to smile. And to their great pleasure, she smiled at them.

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Why all children need inclusive education

By Mara Sapon-Shevin

John, a quiet 12-year-old sixth-grader at your local middle school, goes through the cafeteria lunch line at noon. After he pays for his food and drink, he starts to put his tray on a table already occupied by other students. One of the boys at the table says, "Go away." John leaves the table and approaches the students at another table. There he is told, "Get out of here." John walks away and puts his tray down at a third table, realizes he's forgotten his straw, and goes back to the lunch line to get one. When he returns to the table where he left his lunch, he finds his tray gone.

John, a quiet 12-year-old sixth-grader at your local middle school, goes through the cafeteria lunch line at noon. After he pays for his food and drink, he starts to put his tray on a table already occupied by other students. One of the boys at the table says, "Go away." John leaves the table and approaches the students at another table. There he is told, "Get out of here." John walks away and puts his tray down at a third table, realizes he's forgotten his straw, and goes back to the lunch line to get one. When he returns to the table where he left his lunch, he finds his tray gone.