by Amy LeForge | Nov 27, 2012 | Safety
Sylvania Automotive has created their own team, called the Truth Sleuths, to investigate automotive myths and help keep drivers safe. Issue number one: do headlights on cars dim over time, or just suddenly go out? Having driven a minivan with the same headlamps for...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 27, 2012 | Education
“One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.” – John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. It’s easy to associate Gardner’s observation with adults. When we see the phrase “stop...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 27, 2012 | Education
It’s a topic that will significantly impact both your child and your bank account: how to negotiate the best deal on a college education. Most parents take this subject lightly, and figure whatever the schools end up offering them is the best that they will get....
by Amy LeForge | Nov 26, 2012 | Health
If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you know that I have spent many an hour fretting-and writing-about how much time the boys spend in front of screens. We’ve reached a rather uneasy peace over the years; the boys leave them off until 2pm and they...
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...
