School + Education

I celebrated my 18th birthday in March of the year 2000 (I know, I’m ancient) and the turn of the new century felt like it was a blank page waiting to be written. That fall I began walking the...

I know everyone has their favorite season, and for me hand's down it's Fall. Sure, I enjoy the warm lazy days of Summer, but there is just something about Fall that I makes me giddy

Maybe your baby is headed off to her first day of PreK or Kindergarten. Maybe your biggest will be entering the hallowed halls of the middle school or high school for the first time. Or maybe you've chosen to...

Dear Daughter, Just like every August, we’ve done everything we need to do: bought new shoes, gathered new school supplies, and spiffed up the school uniform. However, this year won’t be like the others. This year you go into the...

Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Celebrate pride and the beauty of equality all year round by padding your home library with some great LGBTQ+ children's book recommendations to read with your kids. Storytime before bed is a favorite tradition in our...

January is national radon awareness and radon action month. Has your home or living space been tested recently? The only way to find out if radon is in your home is by testing. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)...

Two years ago, our autistic middle son, Gus, rode his bike off of our normal path. He moved very quickly. We lost him. My husband jumped on his bike and rode the surrounding blocks yelling for him but we...

There are two kinds of parents: ones who never want summer to end and those who would love year round school (maybe with a few breaks sprinkled in). I'd say I lean toward the second group. I’m not saying...

There are so many things we've had to do differently thanks to Covid-19, including education. Distance learning threw a lot of parents a big twist and made the school year full of new challenges. Having kids home during the...

I work in a hair salon and through the years, I've met many parents who ask questions about their kids’ hair, and teenagers who ask questions because they're just learning how to take care of their hair. Let's face...