If I bit my tongue any harder it would bleed. I had to say something.
“I’m sorry,” I said to the stranger standing beside me, “but you know she isn’t buckled correctly right?” I gestured to the sweet baby by...
Do you like to draw with crayons?
I do. I’m not very good at it...but it doesn’t matter. It’s just the fun of doing it that’s important.
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I try to look away, but social media sometimes has its way. I see posts all over my feed of parents dropping off their 18-year-olds. Dorm rooms filled with duvet covers and daughters and sons hugging parents goodbye. Moms...
When it comes to my relationship status with my kid's homework, the best descriptor would be: "It's complicated." I see the value in having little ones flex their mental muscles outside of school hours. It's good for them to...
“You can’t be what you can’t see. SWENext DesignLab shows girls that they can change the world with engineering” ~ Randy Freedman, Director of Student Programs at SWE
An exciting engineering event for middle schoolers is coming to Providence! SWENext...
As my newsfeed fills up with adorably-posed pictures of excited kids and parents heading back to school, my family of six is gearing up for another year of home education. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have...
One year ago, Providence Moms Blog asked our contributors what they were doing with their kids to honor Martin Luther King Jr. One of our writers, a white, 67-year-old, self-proclaimed liberal baby-boomer sent us the following piece, but told...
What do you get if you take 200 kids with autism, two handfuls of professional surfers, a few dozen boxes of Allie's donuts, and serve it all up on a chilly September morning? One perfect day, made possible by...
There was a time in my teaching career when I would have read the title of this and thought, "Debate? What debate? Homework is important and necessary. Period."
I was an English teacher, and I gave homework. Nightly homework included...
I can remember being bored in elementary school. I’m relatively “book smart” and so academics have always been pretty easy for me. In first grade, I’d get so bored during reading time that I’d dramatically lie with my face...
Rhode Island Life
Family-Friendly Walks Throughout Rhode Island
Now that spring has officially arrived and warmer weather is (hopefully) on its way, it's the perfect time to get outside for a family...
