Zumblies

Empathy has two parts, and kids need both: noticing what someone else feels, and caring about it. The notic...

Night thirty-four. You could recite the book backward, in your sleep, possibly in ancient Greek. Your child...

Let's decode the nightly resistance first, because the fix depends on it. Kids almost never fight sleep — t...

Every family road trip has the same act structure. Act One: optimism, snacks, singing. Act Two (mile 47): "...

Two weeks before the first day of preschool or kindergarten, a strange thing happens in many homes: the par...

The puzzle piece doesn't fit on try two — flung. The bike wobbles — abandoned. The drawing doesn't match th...

Teachers know the acronym; parents increasingly do too: SEL — social-emotional learning. The skill set behi...

"My Kid Hates Reading": 7 Fixes for Reluctant Readers First, a reframe: almost no young child hates stories...

Forget letters and numbers for a second — the real curriculum of ages three to seven is friendship. How to ...