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I'm a Teacher Who Picked up a Bad Summer Habit Sep. 09, 2023
DR. WALLACE: I'm an experienced high school teacher and have been on the job for 15 years now. I'm w... Read More
Today is International Literacy Day Sep. 08, 2023
DR. WALLACE: Today is International Literacy Day, and I'd like to both learn more about it and more ... Read More
My Friend Drives Me Crazy With Her Proclamations! Sep. 07, 2023
DR. WALLACE: I have a good friend at my school, but at times she drives me crazy! She has a very boi... Read More
Kids Don't Have to be This Anxious Sep. 07, 2023
What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They're micromanaged by adults? A... Read More
The Questions of Freedom Sep. 03, 2023
My son apologized for not being part of the planning committee in his first-grade class. During the ... Read More
What's up With This 'New' Sport? Sep. 02, 2023
DR. WALLACE: What is the deal with all of this pickleball mania, and why is it so popular? All of my... Read More
She Wants Us to Track Our Water Consumption! Sep. 01, 2023
DR. WALLACE: My older sister likes to "lead" our family with all kinds of ideas, trends, rumors and ... Read More
My Mom Flushed Them All Down the Toilet! Aug. 31, 2023
DR. WALLACE: I had a headache the other day and so I asked my mom for some ibuprofen. She went and g... Read More
The Lawyer on the Playground Aug. 31, 2023
"Welcome! Play Safe" reads the sign at a Fairfax County Public School playground in Virginia just ou... Read More
It's Not the Critic Who Counts Because True Accountability Is Kind Aug. 25, 2023
"It is not the critic who counts," Theodore Roosevelt said in his famous speech in 1910. This speech... Read More
Children: No Shelter from Storms of the '60s May. 17, 2023
Children of the '60s were very different from children in the '60s. Flower children of the '60s on ... Read More
Bully for You: When Insecurity Grows Into Its Power Feb. 05, 2023
She didn't have on the right swimsuit. She wasn't wearing a swim cap. It was her first swim team ses... Read More
It's Not Just You Jan. 26, 2023
It is hard to stay sane in this crazy world! Luckily, many of the conditions plaguing Americans toda... Read More
Why Music Will Always Be My Hype Man Sep. 09, 2022
The other day, while listening to '90s radio on Pandora, I was transported back to a high school ass... Read More
Mom Guilty of Not Being Paranoid Enough Sep. 01, 2022
"I do not believe that I neglected him. No, I believe that playing in the park is something that... ... Read More
The State Fair Reminded Me of How Much I Love 4-H Aug. 26, 2022
My son is in the first grade. It's that age of sampling different things and figuring out what inter... Read More
Sons and Their Mothers Aug. 25, 2022
A son's first love is his mother. A mother's last love is her firstborn. A daughter's first love is ... Read More
Of Laundry Lessons and College Aug. 18, 2022
Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And wild!) The president of Hamilton Colle... Read More
Should I Just Dismiss My Firefighter Dreams? Jul. 11, 2022
DR. WALLACE: I'm a shorter, skinny guy who has never been very athletic, but I've always dreamed of ... Read More
Your Unknown Role in the World Jun. 19, 2022
The first time I saw her was at a concert. She had a low-cut back to her dress, and you could see th... Read More
