Tag: children
Teach children important life lessons
Manners, often taught on the porches, in the backyards and the barn floors, stay with us, thanks to some busy person in our lives finding a moment.
An unusual school tradition
The students learn all types of dancing, including the square dance and the waltz, which teaches timing and a need to pay attention to a partner.
A Drama Mama’s guide to the arts
There are endless benefits to taking part in a high school production that pay dividends well into adulthood.
Study: Stereotypes can affect girls’ choices as young as age 6
The study's authors used a series of experiments to evaluate the beliefs of 5-, 6- and 7-year-old boys and girls about gender and brilliance.
Parenting is on-the-job experience
Ever had a job where you had no experience, no training, you couldn't quit, and people's lives were at stake? That's parenting.
Climbing trees took courage, but the payoff was rewarding
Daring determination and the ability to block out the fact that you just might get a whipping for even attempting it — that's what it took to be the tree-climbing champion.
An interview with the Wonderkids
Now Boywonder and Girlwonder are grown, or nearly so (sob). It seemed time for them to pen a tell some, if not a tell all.
At the top of one pinnacle, looking toward the next
As her youngest child enters the second semester of senior year, Kymberly Foster Seabolt looks back with fondness and forward with anticipation.
How to help your child deal with bullying
No matter how helpless you feel when your child is being bullied, it’s important to learn to deal with the situation constructively.
Explore outdoors with a child
Without being introduced to the outdoors, it's difficult to develop a passion for conserving the environment.