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Summer Time Is for Wasting Jul. 07, 2022
With the lazy, hazy days of you-know-what upon us, should you worry about your kids goofing off? Bei... Read More
Putting Profanity in Its Place: Can We Stop Pretending We're Shocked? Mar. 25, 2022
The truth, as we all know, is that profanity is part of the grown-up world. It's in our movies, musi... Read More
Colorado Lawmakers Pass Kids' Independence Bill Mar. 17, 2022
Colorado kids should be getting on their sneakers. Thanks to their state legislators, they will soon... Read More
Mistrusting Adults, Mistrusting Kids Mar. 10, 2022
The signs on every playground in my city, New York, say this: "Playground rules prohibit adults exce... Read More
Shine Bright on All the Picture Days Feb. 27, 2022
The email said that the kids were allowed to wear whatever they liked. Since they go to a school wit... Read More
Why Your Child's Personality Should Determine How You Parent Feb. 25, 2022
"He gets that from you." How many times have you said that to your partner about one of your childre... Read More
When Free Pre-K is Worse than No Pre-K Feb. 17, 2022
Dale Farran spent a decade studying over 1,000 kids who went to a state-run pre-kindergarten —... Read More
The Making of a Reader Feb. 04, 2022
There's a voracious reader in all of us, I thought, but my youngest daughter was determined to prove... Read More
Kids Keep Getting their Freedom Later Feb. 04, 2022
On Twitter last week, I asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they w... Read More
At School, Learning Helplessness Jan. 27, 2022
Jodi M. is a seventh-grade health teacher in a quiet, distant suburb of New York City. She is worrie... Read More
If You See Something, Post Something Jan. 06, 2022
"Child Luring Incident!" read the warning that appeared last Friday on several Teaneck, New Jersey, ... Read More
What Kids Learn When They're 'Just' Playing Dec. 23, 2021
We're heading into two weeks (or possibly ... two months? two years?) of the kids at home. It's call... Read More
Kindergarten Isn't Fun Anymore -- and That's a Problem Jan. 02, 2020
Increased academic pressure and testing in kindergarten is bringing everyone to tears — includ... Read More
Approach the Digital Age With Facts, Not Fear: An Interview With Yalda T. Uhls Sep. 17, 2019
I work with Yalda T. Uhls on my kids show, "Dot." Yalda ensures that Sprout, The Jim Henson Co. and ... Read More
Momniscience Sep. 13, 2018
"I Put a GPS Tracker on My Child, and I'm Never Going Back" is the title of a piece on the popular m... Read More
Son Has Figured Out The System Nov. 18, 2015
Q: Our seven-year-old son is in third grade. When given an open-ended question, he tends to respond ... Read More
