I want to say I was one of those parents who spent 30 minutes every night reading aloud to my kids. I want to say I didn't sweat the small stuff and I was fine leaving a myriad of errands untended until after I read my kid a book. Unfortunately, when my kids were younger, I tended to get sidetracked a lot. And I have struggled to keep this one parenting truth front and center that truth being … [Read more...]
Empower your little girl with lovely American Girl books and help Save the Children too
Like many elementary-school students last summer my then 10-year-old gleefully came home from her last day of school with a big, dopey smile pasted on her face and proceeded to sing (so many times I lost count) in a high-pitched squeaky voice, "School is over! Yippee!" Then she handed me a thick manila envelope containing all of her summer homework assignments, which she then pinky-swore she would … [Read more...]