Author name: Laura Bennett

I’m going to tell you something I’m a little embarrassed about. For two years, I quietly discouraged my daughter from […]

Some of the best reading moments in our house happen because of a holiday. Not during the holiday — in

Summer has a reading problem. Not for kids — for parents. Because the moment school lets out, the beautiful reading

Easter is one of those holidays that means genuinely different things to different families. For some, it’s the most sacred

There’s a moment every November that I think a lot of parents recognize. You’re sitting at the Thanksgiving table, and

The night before my daughter’s first day of kindergarten, I did something I’m slightly embarrassed to admit. I made a

It started with an Advent calendar made of paper bags. Each bag had a number, and inside each bag was

Every October, I make the same mistake. I get excited. I pull out a stack of Halloween books — some

I handed my eight-year-old The Giver because it had a gold sticker on the cover. She read the first chapter

My daughter was four when she had her first real meltdown about something she couldn’t name. Not a tantrum —