How to navigate winter with kids at home
— January 23, 2023Parents of school-aged children are especially stressed this time of year – balancing a winter break, the holidays, the cold weather and shorter days. Advocate Children’s Hospital…
Parents of school-aged children are especially stressed this time of year – balancing a winter break, the holidays, the cold weather and shorter days. Advocate Children’s Hospital…
Do you dread the holidays because… You are you an adult who is single and your family and friends wish you were happily coupled? Are you a parent of an adult child wishing you had…
If you find a few soft, bruised apples hiding behind the pickle and mayo jars in the back of your refrigerator, or discover some cast-offs at your local orchard or farmer’s market,…
“It was a dark and stormy night” could have been an apt beginning to an exciting tale told by Nancy Liddy to her two grandsons in Madison, Wisconsin, via Skype recently. “A summer…
If your young kids and grandkids like blowing bubbles, they’ll love this activity. When the colored bubbles dry on construction paper, they will become the eye-catching background…
It’s autumn, and acorn squash are in season, delicious, versatile, frugal and fabulous! Some people find preparing squash daunting. I get it — the rind is hard to cut through and…
Say, “Thank you.” Those two important words are so embedded in us as children that we continue to pass the gesture of politesse to the next generation as part of the social drill….
As technology advances at a rapid rate, many of the traditional ways of doing things may be unknown to kids born in the 21st century. Why not take a break from our high-speed, techie…