School years may be limited, but learning can be every day for a lifetime. Here are a few ideas for expanding your children’s…
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Although “collaboration” often has negative connotations (“collaborating with the enemy”), its primary meaning is “working with someone to produce or create something.” Writers…
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Images of “good old days” invariably include quiet suburban neighborhoods where everybody knows everybody else. Contrast this ideal with the all-too-common-these-days scenario where…
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Christianity Today recently reported that “2 Chronicles 7:14 … has become a mantra among [Donald Trump’s] supporters: ‘If [God’s] people … will humble…
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6 WAYS TO BE AN OPTIMISTIC PARENT Are you confident that your children can look forward to happy, successful lives—or are you obsessed…
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Are you in the habit of dumping things into junk drawers, without considering whether you’ll need them (or be able to find them)…
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“Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right.…
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The trouble with growing up in a “follow the rules” environment is that one never learns to critically evaluate what one hears. The…
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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO DEALING WITH DEFENSIVE PARENTS A teacher’s worse nightmare isn’t usually a problem student; it’s often a problem parent. Sooner…
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When “snail mail” was a primary method of communication, every etiquette book included this advice: If you write a letter in the heat…