Tag: school years
The Last First Day of Preschool
Today was my baby’s last first day of preschool. He is our youngest, and it’s hard not to feel like everything that happens this...
Is Homework Beneficial?
When I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, homework was a staple of education. Every evening after school, my brothers and sisters and...
How Will I Say Goodbye to Preschool?
Five years. That's how long we've been at our preschool. Three kids, one year on the computer, one year masked in a pandemic, and...
When Parents Work From Home: The New Era of “Latchkey” Kids
The traditional latchkey kids of the 1980s would come home after school to an empty house because their parents were still at work. Many...
The PTO Surprise: How Showing Up Changed Everything
You see all the videos and memes on social media that display PTO groups like high school for adults. There's the potential for cliquey...