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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
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
Celebrate National Family Fun Month All Summer Aug. 11, 2021
TEENS: In honor of National Family Fun Month, which is recognized in June, consider celebrating thro... Read More
It's So Nice Out -- Stay Inside! Jul. 01, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people are weighing in on the factors keeping kids — and especially t... Read More
Instructions for Venus in Leo Jun. 27, 2021
The way to get good at a thing is to play around with it first. It's why children are inclined to pr... Read More
It Takes Time Jun. 16, 2021
CLASSIC ZIG ZIGLAR BY ZIG ZIGLAR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 It Takes Time "I intended to ca... Read More
School Play in Quarantine May. 16, 2020
My 7-year-old's teacher decided to put on a school play. It begins in 20 minutes. I have a problem w... Read More
Meeting at the Cosmic Study Hall Mar. 31, 2020
Mars and Saturn align in Aquarius like two serious students cramming for a test in the study hall of... Read More
Playmate Moon Jan. 07, 2020
Moon in sporting, social Gemini reminds us how we get to choose our playmates and call some circumst... Read More
Don't Trust Anyone Under (or Over) 30 Nov. 21, 2019
Maybe it was always thus: The older you get, the more trust you develop. That's the most positive sp... Read More
Do We Really Have to Play With Our Kids? Mar. 21, 2019
When our kids were toddlers, my husband vowed he was going to write a book titled "How to Play With ... Read More
A Stinky Performance Mar. 02, 2019
Dear Annie: My companion and I recently went to a very popular play that had no intermission. We wer... Read More
How to Raise a College Dropout Nov. 30, 2018
"Thirty percent of freshmen won't return for their sophomore year," reports a piece in The New York ... Read More
