Articles in Children's School & Education:

1. Music lessons: Is your child ready?
   By Abbi Perets on Oct 28, 2009

   Wondering if your child is ready for music lessons? You'll want to consider several factors before signing up and shelling out the...
2. Surviving school fundraisers
   By Sarah W. Caron on Oct 7, 2009

   Don't look now, but it's fundraiser season: the time when schools across the country call on their students to raise money for this...
3. Creating a homework nook
   By Sarah W. Caron on Oct 1, 2009

   Now that school is in full swing, the homework is coming home regularly and en masse. As your kids wind into the grind, here's how...
4. 4 Tips for stopping separation anxiety
   By Sarah W. Caron on Sep 28, 2009

   With the school year underway now, most young kids are getting used to school and getting over any jitters. But for some kids,...
5. Top 15 books for preschoolers, kids and teens
   By Melissa Chapman on Sep 23, 2009

   Although these days most kids would rather be plugged into a video game than a book, there is no better way for kids to stretch...
6. Help for disorganized kids
   By Abbi Perets on Sep 10, 2009

   A new school year, a fresh start -- and a forgotten math book. Does this equation have to add up to major stress and unhappiness? Or...
7. Avoiding activity overload for your kids
   By Sarah W. Caron on Sep 1, 2009

   How can you tell if your kids are overscheduled with extracurricular activities? Ballet class, soccer practice, scouting,...
8. Finding safe online games for kids
   By Michelle Bruns Maffei on Aug 17, 2009

   Although the traditional family night around the board game is not extinct, the trend towards kids online video games and computer...
9. 7 Ways to motivate kids in the morning
   By Christine Cristiano on Aug 11, 2009

   Check out these mom-approved ways to motivate kids to get out of bed and out the door in the mornings. Most parents agree that...
10. Helping kids make a good impression on teacher
    By Sarah W. Caron on Jul 22, 2009

    How can kids make a good impression on their teacher? During the next two months, children all over the country will mark the start...
11. Keeping your kids school-ready this summer
    By Christine Cristiano on Jul 1, 2009

    What should you be doing this summer to give your child a head start once school starts? Getting the kids back into the school mode...
12. How to find a good childcare program for your child
    By Mary Fetzer on Jun 10, 2009

    Finding quality care for your child during those vital, formative years is one of the biggest challenges you’ll face as a parent....
13. 8 Tips to start building the best home library for your child
    By Mary Fetzer on Jun 10, 2009

    We have fond memories of childhood books - the familiar stories, engaging illustrations, even the smell of the pages – and we want...
14. Teaching kids tolerance and diversity
    By Abbi Perets on Mar 26, 2009

    You're at the grocery store, and you pass a woman whose skin is a different color, is in a wheelchair, is speaking a foreign...
15. When a teacher doesn't like your child
    By Abbi Perets on Dec 30, 2008

    Granted, children are not always reliable narrators. So you don't have to panic if your 6-year-old comes home and announces that her...
16. How to deal with lice
    By   on Oct 14, 2008

    There is probably nothing more feared at the beginning of the school year than the head louse. This tiny, sesame-seed sized insect...
17. How to understand and control your difficult child
    By   on Oct 13, 2008
18. How to help your child or teen become a healthy vegetarian
    By   on Oct 12, 2008
19. Treatment methods for head lice
    By Sarah W. Caron on Sep 30, 2008

    It's the last call any parent wants to receive from school: the one telling you that your child has lice. First comes the shock,...
20. Keeping kids safe around cars
    By Sarah W. Caron on Sep 23, 2008

    The safety of our children is a number one priority for parents. But keeping kids safe when other people just don't care is an...