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To Discipline Kids in Blended Families, Turn Mistakes into Stepping Stones

Blended families may include children who act out at school and at home as they transition to new family dynamics. Here are some common-sense tips to help discipline kids in blended families.

Parents' Issues: Be Your Grandchild's Gentle Teacher

Grandparents who play an active role in the lives of their grandchildren must respect parents' issues such as authority and boundaries. They must also reconsider what it means to discipline.

Education Gender Issues: Do Boys and Girls Really Learn Differently?

Is it true? Do boys and girls learn in different ways? Scientists have been looking at gender behavior in the classroom, including the development of both boys' and girls' brains - fascinating!

Family Ideas for Manageable Mornings

Some days, it seems like a race against time to get everyone out the door with their stuff and your sanity intact. These family ideas for manageable mornings can help.

Steppingstones to Shakespeare

Bedtime stories are a wonderful way to share time with your child and show her the wonderful places books can take her. Raynette Eitel's poem sees this discovery through a mother's eyes as she recalls reading to her daughter.

Family Ideas for Lifelong Learning

Parent involvement in education extends beyond the classroom, helping children discover activities after school that help them learn and grow. Here are things to consider.

Research Round-up: Gender Talk

When it comes to education, gender issues are intensely researched. Some recent findings shed light on how to get boys to read and girls to take more math and science.

Your Answers: How to Teach Patience

Patience is not a child's strongest suit. Find out how to teach kids not to interrupt rudely while showing them you understand they need help.

Teaching Character: Encourage Patriotism in Your Kids

It's never too early to teach patriotism, especially when you can work the lessons into your everyday family home activities. Appreciating freedom helps with teaching character. Try these family ideas to reinforce values.

Achieving Your Dreams of Carefree Roadtrips

From stocking up on popular children's books to inventing fun family activities, here are tried-and-true roadtrip ideas for keeping your kids too entertained to ask, “Are we there yet?”

Subscribe to Fun and the Reading Battle's Won

Magazines, with their glossy pictures and fun games, are a great way to lure children into reading during summer months and all year long. Recommendations for kids of every age.

Summer Travel Can Be a Time to Learn

The sun's out, school's over and it's time to hit the road. Here's how to weave learning into the fun.

Keep Your Child Reading Popular and Classic Children's Books This Summer

Kids may not think of summer as the best time to curl up with popular children's books and classic children's books. Here are some ways to keep children of all ages reading every summer day.

Teaching Character from the Bleachers: Sportsmanship vs. Social Violence

Social violence from parents at kids' sporting events may be a symptom of parent stress, but it's setting a poor example for kids. These tips may help return civility to the bleachers.

Sideline Guidelines

If you asked your young athlete about how she'd like you to behave on the sidelines, this is what she'd probably say.

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