Last month, students and teachers returned to school across the Coast, and parents resumed their supporting roles in their children’s academic endeavors. At the beginning of the school year, everyone typically strives to put their best foot forward, creating a honeymoon period among teachers, students and parents. However, as classwork, homework and tests become more […]
Most studies find that like the temperature, divorce rates spike in August — and theories abound for why this happens. Some say that instead of being a time for bonding, summer vacation emphasizes marital problems. Others speculate that parents may feel their children are more distracted in the fall when they are back in school. […]
You may find some serious sillies happening during your bedtime and or morning routine involving water. Some days, you might enjoy the splashing and giggles, and others, you may just want to brush your teeth and get on with it. Incorporating water play a couple times a week throughout the day will help teach baby […]
As a parent, we want the best for our children. That means we must teach them about money early in life. For many adults, discussions surrounding money, income and savings are considered taboo – which often is due to their own upbringing. In many households, you just didn’t discuss finances with your parents. Times have […]
The pandemic may have forced Adopt a Grandparent Day to adapt, but the effort to visit, cherish and celebrate local seniors has rebounded stronger than ever. Kathy Rogers, who founded the initiative in 2014 and now serves as executive director, sought to address the epidemic of loneliness among the elderly. On Adopt a Grandparent Day, […]
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Before 2020, hybrid learning may not have been a familiar term to parents of school-age children. Today, most families have experienced it firsthand. But is hybrid learning — the blend of in-person classroom instruction and online learning — here to stay? Or can parents expect to see less of it in the post-COVID era? HYBRID […]
FROM MISSISSIPPI HEROES Caregivers typically keep a vast collection of exercises, therapeutics, medicines and treatments in their toolbox that they can rely on at any given moment. They meticulously plan daily routines, which revolve around their patients. That dreamed-of vacation often remains the back of their minds, just waiting to be realized if they took […]
