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 —

My daughter was four years old when she refused to let me read her a picture book about butterflies. Not