Ah, summer. It’s finally time for sunshine and relaxation. If you’re a parent, though, you know what’s coming. After the initial ice cream celebration and that first joyful swim, and likely just around the time you’ve poured yourself a cold glass of lemonade and are about to crack open the book you’ve been trying to…
Parenting Matters: Sleep as Medicine
Sometimes we forget that Mother Nature has as many “cures” as doctors have, maybe more. Case in point, sleep is medicine. One pediatric study found a robust association between poor sleep and a host of childhood problems. “Nearly every concern of parents and pediatricians can be brought on or exacerbated by inadequate sleep: from obesity…
Dear Next Generation: ‘Always Do Your Best’
Born in the 1930s, I have lived and learned wisdom over the decades. I pass on these seven sensible suggestions as advice to young people. 1. BEST—Always do your best. When I was a freshman in college, gym (which I disliked) was mandatory. The instructor had us line up and run the length of the…
Better School Lunches Blunt U.S. Kids’ Weight Gain
America’s kids have a weight problem, but regulations that boosted the nutritional standards for school meals may have helped slowed down weight gain among low-income students, a new study finds. For decades, the National School Lunch Program has provided free or low-cost meals to U.S. schoolchildren. As of 2016, more than 30 million students nationwide were participating,…
Making Boys Into Men
As someone who thinks about family in both immediate and generational terms, the reality that I am raising my grandchildren’s parents is a sobering reminder that my actions will have a profound effect on people I have yet to meet. This is why I feel a particular responsibility to model the types of traits and…
Homemade Baby Formula and Other Whole Foods for Baby (+Recipe)
Given the current shortage of commercial baby formula, I would like to share my experience making my own (spoiler alert: my child is thriving), as well as what I feed my infants what I would do if I was in a position of feeding a very young child without adequate breast milk or formula. I…
Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: The Fireside
May 21, 2022
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This is the third instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…
A Better Way to Discipline Kids? The Results Suggest ‘Yes’ (Part 2)
Can a relatively simple, no-cost, no-tech, no-pain method of discipline really remold student behavior? As we discussed last time, the answer so far seems to be a very promising “yes” in the case of what’s called “Collaborative & Proactive Solutions” (or CPS). The approach is the brainchild of Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., and is described…
When Parents and School Boards Clash Over Children’s Health
May 19, 2022
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Many U.S. parents are no longer silent about the policies of the schools their children attend, and they are increasingly organizing and speaking out at school board meetings. Last summer, Epoch Times reported on one such parent who criticized the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and early sexual education at a school board meeting…
How to Teach Children Restaurant Etiquette
Dining out expands a well-behaved child’s worldview and makes it more enjoyable for the adults at the table, as well as others nearby, too. Be Realistic Age matters—there should be different expectations for a child of five versus a 15-year-old teenager. A very young child may become bored, tired, cranky, or all three at once….
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