With many kids home for summer vacation, families need to make sure to stock up on healthy foods for summer snacking. Whether in between meals on their own or served in combination for a fun family meal, these snack recipes will help your family stay healthy this summer.
Developmental changes that accompany the transition from middle childhood to adulthood present numerous challenges to the adolescent. During this time, parents also face challenges — especially those who are anxious to trust that their children’s maturing physical appearance goes hand in hand with mature decision-making.
A woman I worked with and her 16-year-old daughter drove to Pittsburgh to fly to Cancun, Mexico, for a week of mother-daughter bonding. What was to be a delightful getaway for them almost didn’t get off the ground. Upon check-in at the airline, the mother was asked for the signed “permission to travel” slip from the girl’s father (her husband) so that she could take a minor child to Mexico.
John Adams, one of only two American presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, wrote the following to his wife, Abigail, about the Fourth of July:
Q: I am still not sure if my child will be ready to start kindergarten in the fall due to a late summer fifth birthday. Some days I think we are ready and other days I am not sure.
There is a group of men who have been producing the fathering column for the CDT for the past 10 years. We write with the assumption, and we have expressed this several times throughout the years, that we do not consider ourselves “Dadologists.” We are just regular guys who think that our role as fathers, as is true with motherhood, is important and worthy of thought and discussion. We regularly make parenting mistakes. We try to learn from these mistakes, each other, our wives, our friends and our children. We continue to use these articles to grow personally and hopefully encourage conversation so we can all learn from each other.
Turn ordinary sandwiches into a menagerie of animals with the Lunch Punch Critter Cutters set. The four plastic cutters (dolphin, butterfly, elephant, dog) trim the lunch box staple into jigsaw puzzle-like pieces, keeping as much of the sandwich intact as possible. Three other sets available. Ages 3 to 10. www.thelunchpunch.com/lp/, $15
Q: Our child is 2 years old and has only about 10 words. Our pediatrician recommended getting an early intervention evaluation. What does that involve and how much does it cost?
Recently, Time Magazine and The “Today Show” featured Amy Chua, Yale law professor and self-described “tiger mother,” who forced her 7-year-old daughter, Lulu, to practice playing the piano for several hours in a row without a break until she mastered her song. Chua also rejected Lulu’s birthday card because it lacked “thought and effort.”
Nonprofit Cen-Clear Child Services Inc. will be holding open houses and accepting applications for preschool programs for 2011-12.
IMPERIAL, MO. — Tyler Suter is a teenager most any parent would be proud to have.
Students in Debbie Patrick’s kindergarten class at Park Forest Elementary created disguises for turkeys, hoping to give the birds ideas to spare them from the dinner table.
When my wife died six years ago, I was fortunate to have people around me who allowed me to experience my pain. I could share my daily struggles and feelings with friends who listened without judging.
The following was submitted by Anshu Choudhary, a seventh-grade student in the State College Area School District:
