For kids, more intense temperatures will likely mean a different kind of summer. The days when they could spend most of June, July and August outside might be dwindling. Parents and caregivers will probably have to change routines and activities to keep kids safe outside. Here’s what a fu...
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Last fall JDaniel went to preschool for the very first time. He was excited about getting to go to school. Selecting a backpack and getting new sneakers had him anticipating how wonderful school would be. The reality of actually getting in the car and going to the school was hard. Walking...
And in recent days, Gunderson and the parents have tried to make the public believe that a long-rumored network of underground tunnels where children may have been taken and terrorized was discovered last week in the final hours before the now-infamous preschool was razed. The ex-FBI Los Ang...
What would you say to parents who want to write or further a writing career? If writing is your passion, it’s very important to give it space in your life — important for you, and for everyone around you. If there are ‘sacrifices’ (money, time, friends even), only you can decid...
So, while they may be little scientists for a few hours of the day, they can also likely learn the alphabet in a more rote way, he suggested. But parents can nurture their child's natural inquisitiveness by providing spontaneous play opportunities whenever possible, he added. ...
When a Soviet plane shot down Korean Air Lines flight 007 in 1983, a couple of Aristov’s students dropped Russian at their parents’ insistence. The parents’ attitude, she recalled, was “I don’t want my children to speak that language.” ...
He had been hunting for a month or two and hadn’t found anything yet. The extra family time and time to get caught up on things that had been left to do later had been wonderful that first month. Now he is starting to worry. Joseph can see the worried looks his parents share. The...
Al Gonzales is a third-generation resident. He and his parents are bilingual, but his three children speak little Spanish. “Most of the kids growing up here now don’t even speak Spanish,” Gonzales said. “They don’t know much about their own culture any more.” ...