Happy Independence Day!!!
Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July celebration with your sons, daughters, and your entire family!!!
What’s Going On? Summer Edition, Part 1
Sorry that the posts have been a bit few and far between these days, but I have been unusually busy [...]
How to Encourage Summer Reading
Want to help your son improve his reading skills over the summer? A good idea, since many children lose ground [...]
Club 2012: This Is How We Do It
In 2007, a group of Black parents in Loudoun County Maryland became concerned as they watched their middle school sons [...]
Should We Tell Our Children They Are Special?
Have you heard about the commencement speech given by David McCullough Jr., an English teacher at Wellesley High School in [...]
Parenting Lessons from Ellis Marsalis
Last night I had the incredible pleasure of sitting at a friend's small dinner party for Jazz at Lincoln Center [...]
The Latest Lesson from Hip-Hop…Science!
Today's news item, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, will impress even the most anti-hip-hop parent: GZA, founding member of [...]
For the Tucks, Reading is Fundamental and Fun
Take a look at this charming NY Times story, found here, about how Giants leading defensive end Justin Tuck and [...]
Reading Matters!
Interesting article in the Huffington Post by Lisa Bloom, who has written a book called , "Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules [...]
Financial Literacy for Children
Today's Wall Street Journal includes a story of how one family has started their son on the road to financial [...]