by Amy LeForge | Nov 22, 2012 | Education
There’s an old joke about how a two-year-old views the world: If I’m playing with it, it’s mine. If I set it down and you pick it up, it’s mine. If you walk into the room with it and I like it, it’s mine. And so on. Because this mine-mine-mine mentality seems so...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 19, 2012 | Education
Going away to college involves moving to a new city, leaving friends and family members behind, entering a new and challenging environment, trying to make new friends, and dealing with coursework that is much more difficult than that of high school. It’s no...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 19, 2012 | Resources/Reviews
Even though the older boys are 14, they’ve had rather an adolescent…horror of having anything in common with good ol’ mom and dad for years. So I regard the following infographic about smartphone use with some amusement. Turns out kids and adults can...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 15, 2012 | Education
Because I’m an advocate for increased emphasis on academics, there are some groups that try to drag me into their “sports get too much attention” message. While I might agree with the basic tenet of their argument, there are three reasons why I won’t get caught up in...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 11, 2012 | Cooking
Getting children excited about healthy eating can be one of the hardest challenges for parents! Some children (no matter how hard you try) just don’t like healthy food and turn their noses up at even the freshest fruit and vegetables. There are some tricks to getting...
