Starting kindergarten isn’t new in our household, but we sure do get a refresher this year.
Our youngest is starting kindergarten, and I’m amazed...
Look, I am no financial expert. My husband hasn't worked at a for-profit organization since his teenage days in the Wal-Mart technology department. He...
My daughter Wren grinned squinty eyes as we sang happy birthday this morning, then cheered us into an encore as if she knew something...
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the news about the environment has got you feeling some anxiety lately....
In our latest episode of Whose Kid Is That?!? Val and Julie are joined by Alyssa Blask Campbell M.Ed., emotional development expert, and co-author...
Before I settled on a preschool for my son last fall I was kind of anxious about it. Quite frankly, it was ridiculous. It's...
A new school year is upon us.
It actually descended sometime in late July, heralded by fliers and advertisements shouting at every turn, from running...
A wise friend once told me that in their home, they have birthday parties for their kids every other year. I can’t remember her...
My son Abe was diagnosed with a very rare bone cancer in his leg in December of his senior year of high school (Read...
As a new parent I get a lot of love, support, knowing glances, hugs and advice (some good, some best forgotten) from family, friends...
I picked up my kids, 9 and 6, and loaded them into the car after a full day of summer day camp. This part...
If there is one quality I want my children to have, it is a sense of motivation.
I want my kids to know the value...
This week I watched my daughter play with a handmade doll that I played with as a kid. Later that night I tucked her in...
Today is the first day of school here in Vermont. It’s the first day that my son went off on a huge school bus...
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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...
