Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, parents, educators and mental health experts have paid a lot of attention to taking care of their really young kids, simply because babies, toddlers and early elementary school children require a a lot of hands-on care. And they have spent a lot of time thinking about how teenagers are coping. […]
By now, most if not all of us know someone who has contracted COVID-19, or in the very least, been exposed to it. A family member, a friend of a friend, a colleague. COVID-19 is everywhere. And the experience often plays out differently from person to person. Some people are exposed to the virus briefly […]
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Raising a family comes with countless challenges, both predictable and unpredictable. The amount and nature of those difficulties can vary depending on where you live in the United States. A new report from the personal finance website WalletHub ranks the best and worst states to raise a family in 2021, based on 52 family-friendliness metrics […]
Managing money can be very complicated and difficult for adults. But what people with kids may not realize is that the decisions they make can have a big impact on their children’s relationship with finances. “Children observe and soak up everything, including how you use and talk about money,” said money and budgeting expert Andrea […]
There are no shortage of reasons why exercising regularly makes you feel good, no matter what time of day you choose to do it. However, if you have flexibility in your schedule, experts argue that an early workout can have positive and lasting effects on your entire day. In addition to being “a great release […]
It’s easy to assume that if one spouse or partner gets COVID-19, the other is all but fated to get it, too. But that’s not always true. While studies have shown that the transmission risk of COVID from an infected person to a household contact is common, the risk varies widely. A recent report from […]
The news coming out of Washington, D.C. has been overwhelming. Kids and teens with access to social media and who watch the news are inevitably seeing broadcasts, images, videos and posts that are a lot to unpack. As parents, we can draw the tragic conclusion from the rioters’ violent actions that media literacy is a […]
It has been said again and again that the 2020-2021 academic year has been an “unprecedented” one for children, an adjective that for teachers, parents and children who have struggled through the past year feels … insufficient. Millions of American kids have not stepped foot in a classroom since last March. Others have adapted to […]
The year 2021 has arrived, and the COVID-19 pandemic has not magically disappeared and let life return to the old normal. While there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic, a great deal of uncertainty also remains, which poses a challenge to overwhelmed parents and children. “As we head into 2021, parents around the world […]