by Sara Pacella | Jul 3, 2017 | Learn, Play and Explore
Report cards just came out and summer has officially begun. Last year I had lofty ideas about all of the summer learning we’d do; about the things, I’d engage in with my kids to help them develop their literacy and numeracy skills all summer long. But time at...
by Sara Pacella | May 23, 2017 | Parenting Advice, Relationships
Let’s talk about child favoritism! Family time with my son has begun to feel like gym class team selections. Spoiler alert: I was always picked last. For the most part, I’m proud of the bond that both of my children have with my husband and me, but lately, my...
by Andrea Thompson | May 23, 2017 | Connect and Communicate, Parenting Advice
It’s one of all parent’s biggest fears. You’re at the park, on a play date or you receive that dreaded phone call from the school; your child has hit someone. Your mind instantly starts running; “Is the other kid okay?”, “How mad is their parent going to be?”, “Crap....
by Andrea Thompson | Apr 25, 2017 | Connect and Communicate, Learn
Let’s talk about child self-expression. Just the other day my daughter strutted into Wal-Mart, proud as a peacock. Wearing bright red shorts, a carnival cruise t-shirt with a huge smiley face on it. That somewhat resembled the Kool-Aid man, and silver, sparkly...
by Andrea Thompson | Apr 24, 2017 | Parenting Advice
When you’re a parent, it can seem like the excitement that you experience is mostly through your children. You live for their emotions; you are ecstatic when they are happy, are super upset when they’re sad, and take on a form of anger that is indescribable when they...
