teaching kids

Tips & Tricks

13 routines & activities to prep kids for back-to-school

3. Improve your bedtime and technology routines

Parenting

10 helpful phrases to say when your child struggles in social situations

8. "Did I ever tell you about my experience with friendship at your age?"

Parenting

11 Montessori-inspired phrases to teach young children how to respectfully disagree

5. "I hear that you disagree. How can you say that differently?"

Parenting

6 ways to raise emotionally intelligent kids, according to a clinical psychologist

Emotional intelligence is critically important to our success and overall health. But how do you foster this emotional growth in your child?

Life

It’s science: A major factor in child development? The mother’s mindset.

Your own growth mindset can protect your kids—even babies—from stress.

Parenting

Expert tips to help your child fall in love with reading

Turning on subtitles? Brilliant.

Life

Head of major teacher’s union supports COVID vaccine mandate

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says it's "not a new thing" to have immunizations in schools.

Child Learn & Play

8 parenting strategies Montessori teachers use with their own kids

It is a way of approaching children differently and is something you can totally practice at home, regardless of the type of school your child attends.

What To Read

We’re buying every children’s book from this Black teacher’s viral list

They'll help you teach kids about race and racism in America.

Life

NYC schools won’t offer a remote option this fall

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has advice for parents who are hesitant about sending their children back in person in the fall.

Life

No ‘Miss’ or ‘Mr.’ here—students address their non-binary teacher in viral TikTok

This is such a cool way to address a teacher without outdated gender norms!

Parenting

How to talk about war and other difficult topics with your children: An age-by-age guide

For 2-year-olds to teenagers.