When my two daughters go to their father's house twice a month for over-night visits their little lives seem to fall apart. Case in point, last weekend. Last weekend, my younger daughter needed to review her math notes...

Since kindergarten, our children have known what we expect from them in school. We expect A’s and accept B’s. If there is an extenuating circumstance, we’ll look at it. But as a...

I grew up watching my grandmother type on her old Royal manual typewriter. At one point my mom tried to get her to switch to an electric, but she just wouldn’t. As hard as those old manuals were to use, it’s what she...

Are you smarter than a fifth grader?  I’m not... My daughter's fifth grade homework is hard.  I mean really hard!   There was a time when she would come home with tear sheets covered in...