“If given the option, would you enroll your child in single-sex classes at school (i.e. all boys or all girls)?”   This question was posed to readers over at MomsLikeMe (you can visit y...

Name your kid Jack and you may be setting him up to be viewed as a troublemaker.   The British website Bounty conducted a survey of 3,000 teachers and found that “one in three ‘expec...

What would you do if your child pulled this stunt?   An 11-year-old boy in Alabama made up an elaborate story about an abduction attempt in an effort to not have to bring home a poor report card...

Stay with me on this one.   Suppose your nine-year-old comes home from school and announces that he has a new classmate, Michelle. Then he explains that Michelle isn’t exactly new, she is ...

Dear Mr. Obama, You seemed like such a nice guy when you gave your speech on education earlier this month. You made me want to try harder both for myself and for my country. Now I’m hearing that...

Here in France, where images of half naked women, at least parts of them, are everywhere,  I’ve been working overtime to prevent my girls from getting the idea that thongs and stiletto heels...

I spent last night reading about football.   No, I’m not trying to impress my husband (who, incidentally, knows even less about the game than I do). I’m not getting an early start on im...

The case I posted on yesterday about the 6-year-old who faced 45 days in reform school for bringing his camping utensil to school has been decided. The school board decided not to send the child...

I saw this post about how NY schools have banned bake sales. I agree with the author that this isn’t going to make any real strides in the struggle with childhood obesity. There have got to be b...

I am Zachary’s Mom, and I am a grade grubber.   Hello Zachary’s Mom.   I have suffered from this condition since I was in kindergarten. We had to play that game where you go around a...