When people hear I am part of my kids' school parent teacher organizations, they often roll their eyes and say something like, "Bless your heart," the southern euphemism for "you have made a really bad choice, girl!" These organizations...
A couple weeks ago, I received two half-page flyers in my daughters' backpacks informing me that each would be receiving an award for the first nine weeks' grading period and listing the dates and times that I, the parent,...
For many of us the school year started remotely, pushing kids' screen time through the roof. Like many adults know, sitting at a desk looking at a computer or tablet all day can be tedious and tiresome for even...
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As a remote-working parent who homeschooled for many years and is now finding herself being pulled back into home education thanks to the pandemic, I’m in a unique situation.
I’m comfortable with both public education and homeschooling as options for...
‘Resiliency.’ Hace poco, escuché esa palabra en inglés y para ser honesta, no sabía lo que significaba y jamás había escuchado la palabra ‘resiliencia’ en español, pero aprendí su significado sin traducirla. Una y otra vez, cuando he hablado...
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WHEW! YOU DID IT! You made it...
When my husband and I had our first son, we made the decision to educate our children in Spanish first. Spanish is my native language, and my husband (even though he was born and raised in the U.S.) didn’t...
We are honored to partner with Brooks Academy to share more about their tuition-free public charter schools. This is a sponsored post.
Brooks Academy is skillfully educating more than 3,000 San Antonio area students across four San Antonio campuses....
Author's note: This post pays homage to, but in no means attempts to replicate the greatness of, Worst End of School Year Mom Ever by Jen Hatmaker. Jen, if you're reading this, please move to San Antonio and be...
We’re all in the throes of back-to-school mayhem: an exciting, sometimes emotional and always busy time of year. With contributors who have infants at daycare to college-age students, we’ve got a lot of favorite products and ideas to help...
Full confession: I am a coach's wife. So even though my children haven't participated in every sport under the sun (yet), I have a heart for all the mamas out there getting ready for the busy seasons of extracurriculars...
We all have our favorite holiday books to read this time of the year, from Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas to Clement Moore’s famous poem “The Night Before Christmas”. This holiday season, why not mix it up...
School is around the corner, and as much as I would rather continue to bask in the laziness of summer, I am starting to plan ahead. I have the supply list from my kids' schools, I’ve entered the school...
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