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5 Ways to Get Your Kids Back on Track for School

Getting your kid ready for back to school can be a daunting task. Check out our free downloadable checklist (see link below) for getting ready for back to school. It will help you get organized in a sane way for that first day of school and starts a month before school and goes up to the first day. Additionally, follow these 5 steps to make getting organized for school a little easier:

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Summer Craft: Au Naturel Self-Portraits

The weather has noticeably been getting warmer and all my students have been pointing out the signs of summer out on the playground: the presence of bees, sprouting plants, the need for getting not just wet but drenched in the sandbox. Such are the signs of the season.

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Brooke Burke: Embracing Change

I want to share a valuable lesson that I’ve learned as I find myself at a crossroads professionally. It has turned out to be a very positive time of change for me, because I’m forcing myself to keep an open mind and try new things.I spent an amazing two weeks on the set of “Melissa & Joey,” dabbling into the sitcom world again. It’s been many years since I was in that …

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Obsession with Our Children’s Happiness Could Doom Them

Ive been doing it all wrong.This whole parenting gig.Seriously. After I read the cover story of the July/August issue of The Atlantic, which told parents that if youre focusing on trying to make your kids happy youre likely gearing them up for future therapy sessions to undo all the super-positive, encouraging blather youve been feeding them, I was initially ticked off.