In my house, football just ended and our youngest son went straight away into wrestling. In the spring, he’ll end the school year playing lacrosse. While many parents worry about their children participating in school sports, especially in middle school, when...
From the Series: Life on Dog Hill I came home from my 13-year-old’s middle school open house with a big smile on my face. I spoke to every one of his teachers, and the one comment I heard repeatedly was how respectful my son is, and what a pleasure he is to teach....
“Ewwww, disgusting!” That’s what seventh-grade science teacher Billie Thon-Lanigan heard last year when students dissected raw, bleached chicken wings to reinforce their study of skeletal and muscular systems. “It was interesting for students to see how muscles attach...
I am very excited to introduce Angie Dixon, author of The Leonardo Trait: How to Stop Trying to Be “Normal” and Start Being Who You Really Are. This extraordinary Leonardo has wonderful insight on how to engage your kids in… well, just about...
From the series: Life on Dog Hill Life on Dog Hill is never slow or quiet but the past seven days evidenced the culmination of lots of things at the same time — funny how that works. In the last week, my youngest son graduated from elementary school; my twin...
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