If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something...
It was time to head home after a fun children’s story hour at our library, when my 18-month-old daughter and I were surprised by...
May 5-11 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Having been a previous educator before having children I know that teaching is a tough profession. I also...
{Disclaimer: We are working with The Bellwether School to bring you this post.}
Years before we had our daughter, my husband and I had many conversations...
There was a day I thought I could never leave him in the care of someone else. He was born far from family except...
Tl;dr: It will be bad.
Project 2025 is a terrifying proposal for running the U.S. government, sponsored by ultra-conservative interest groups. I am a mom,...
The other day while cleaning the house with my two kids, my son desperately asked if we could take a “reading break” and my...
I was one of those kids with her nose always in a book. I remember looking forward to high school because I heard older...
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. As many as 28% of all kids from 6th through 12th grade report having been bullied.
This particular subject...
It happened again the other day.
I was in my classroom and my kiddos had just returned from art or music, or someplace else outside...
Q: My son came home from second grade yesterday and told me about another boy from our neighborhood getting bullied by a group of...
I'm thinking about signing up for some writing seminars.
Like, maybe: Exploding the Moment: Making the Most of the Minimal in Prose and Poetry.
Or: Using...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a larger network called the City Moms Blog Network. We have sister sites all over the country with...
Before we know it spring will be here. The cold will fade, the days will lengthen and the snow will melt (I know it's hard...
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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
