How to encourage self motivation in your kids
Thoughtful encouragement is a powerful way to rid you and your family or your classroom of sticker charts, bribing, and reminding forever.
5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 7/4/2015)
Share awesome, fun links with your kids curated by Today Box. Today Box curates fun and educational facts, videos, photos and jokes for curious kids, parents and educators. View past Internet Field...
Celebrating Freedom and Unity as Family
I live in Vermont, where the state motto is Freedom and Unity. This sums up America's seemingly opposite ideals; it also describes an ideal family dynamic.
(Questionable) parenting tricks that work like that a charm
Over the years, I've picked up some really effective parenting tricks, thatas a generous fellow parentI feel obligated to share with you now.
8 Tips for Enjoying Live Music Concerts With Your Kids
Some of the most enduring family memories come from enjoying music together - especially live and in person. Here are 8 lessons to make concerts with kids even better.
A Phys Ed Teacher Battles Tight Budgets And Childhood Obesity : NPR Ed : NPR
In just one generation, childhood obesity has more than doubled in kids and quadrupled in adolescents. Despite these alarming trends, physical education is often one of the first programs to slash ...
Talking to Your Kids About Same-Sex Marriage
In response to the Supreme Courts ruling to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states, people celebrated, lamented, cried onto their keyboard, changed the filters on their Facebook profile pictures, ...
Summer binge watch essentials: a non-comprehensive list
There was a time, before I became a parent, that I used to read for fun. Id read and read and read and form opinions and feel competent and smart Nowadays (i.e. days when I use words like nowaday...
Plan your best 4th of July cookout with these 10 free guides
We like Fix.com's free expert visual guides. They break down seemingly complicated projects into simple, easy-to-follow steps. They have tons of visual guides for home projects like landscaping, ga...
Millennials Are Different Than Any Other Generation In History: Heres Why
As millennials enter the workforce, some worry that they are entitled, narcissistic and lazy. Here's the truth about how millennials are different.
100 Percent Is Overrated - The Atlantic
Encouraging kids to face challenges and make mistakes could have greater benefits than praising them for being "smart." According to professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, Jo Bo...
Millennials More Supportive of Working Moms than Previous Generations
According to researchers at the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, overall, millennials are more supportive of working women than ever before. While the acceptance ...
We moms and dads spend hours on social media. Much has been written about its adverse effects, but there's also light and beauty in this new forum.
SCOTUS 2015: For Kennedy, it was about the children.
"The court has long held that laws that harm children in order to express moral disapproval of adults conduct violate the Equal Protection Clause. (Specifically, the justices invalidated laws that...
SCOTUS legalizes same-sex marriage, and the world just got a little better for our kids
Today the Supreme Court of the United States declared states can no longer prevent same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions. The decision was 5-4. A flurry of rainbows filled...
Recognition for same-sex parents (or as we call them, parents)
We are thrilled about today's Supreme Courts ruling that the Constitution guarantees Americans a right to same-sex marriage.
It's nice ending the week on a high note and heading into the first weekend of summer with a drink recipe that is sure to absolutely kill it. You can't ask for much more than that. (Except perhaps ...
5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 6/26/15)
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Find their natural strengths and learning will follow
In his 1983 book, Frames of Mind, Harvard Professor Howard Gardner identifies 8 separate intelligences that are directly linked to a person's ability to problem solve- verbal-linguistic, logical-ma...
Why we love Ello (and the truth about advertising on Facebook)
We love Ello, the ad-free social network defined by excellent design and fierce, user-centered values. Here's why it's a better publishing experience for our company, and why expect it to become ou...
A transformative new way to look at life balance
I want my kids to get this: regularly escaping routine is refreshing and invigorating, and showing up to seize whatever time you have with your people is important.
For Sa and Paul Budnitz, it's about connection before direction in a shared context
Paul Budnitz is the founder of Kidrobot, Budnitz Bicycles, and most recently, Ello, the ad-free social network. (Learn why we love Ello here.) When Paul met his wife, Sa, nine years ago, she was l...
4 Classic Book Series You (and Your Kids) Will Still Enjoy
Many of todays popular books are just not good. More and more of them contain violent and depressing themes instead of inspiring and joyful ones. And, while the heroes of these stories may be str...
What do preschoolers know about justice?
What do 3 year olds know about justice, empathy, and ownership? What do 5 year olds know? Researchers in the U.K. and Germany recently studied the difference. According to their findings, a shift o...