Parents Want Better Access to Quality Pre-K. Delaware Doesn’t Have It.
The 10 Most Telling Parent Quotes about Pre-K in Delaware. High-quality preschool is linked to fuller, richer lives for children and their families. Evidence abounds that it’s one of the best investments any state can make. But Delaware lacks in access to quality programs for its youngest learners. According to national experts, Delaware ranks 35th in nation in pre-K access, and a dismal 43rd when you factor in programming like Head Start and special education. Many other st
Every Day is a Joy
I wake up, rested and refreshed, each day around 6, and emerge from the cocoon of my down comforter. I do a few sun salutations to greet the day, reflecting on the latest entry in my daily gratitude journal and looking at my immaculate home with peace and satisfaction. My children - happily in their tweens and teens, arrive at the breakfast table dressed for school with their hair brushed, their backpacks packed, and all of their paperwork signed and filed appropriately. They
Parenting Fails
In a stunning display of parenting fails, some extremely wealthy and marginally famous people have used their money and influence to get their kids into college through bribes. My first thought was WHOA and then my next thought was nothing because when you have real things to worry about, you don’t have time to read articles and discuss at length the stupid mistakes some parents you don’t even know are making. After all, there are plenty of parenting fails happening within yo
The First Time
There’s a first time for everything, and as mothers of young boys, none are more daunting than the first time you let them into the men’s room in a public place and you just stand outside for what feels like 14 hours while they figure out how to do whatever they need to do in there, with one stall and maybe they can’t reach the sink and what if there is no soap and what goes on with men’s rooms and urinals anyway? Yes, in mere minutes - was it even long enough to properly was
Destination Vaccination
The twins’ 11 year well-check is on the calendar this week, and they are dreading it. Their pal Jackson told them they have to get SHOTS this time, and aside from the flu shot, it’s been a while since they have been vaccinated against anything. They dread this for weeks and weeks, even though they know in their heads that it’s over in a second and I will likely be so upset by their trauma drama that I will take them for a donut or something after. Incidentally, as traumatized