kids
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The Best Way To Keep Track Of Your Kid’s Friends In Your Phone
As the mother of a six-year-old, my phone is filled with contacts such as “Mary LeilasMom” and “Dana MaddiesDad.” It’s how I keep track of my daughter’s new friends and the personal assistants who keep their schedules (AKA their “parents”). This labelling method helps my brain connect the adult to the child, but it’s clunky…
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What Life Is Like For A Child With ADHD
Kids with ADHD can seem unfocused, indecisive, impulsive and undisciplined. But they’re actually experiencing and processing the world around us in a different way. Gaining a little insight into their perspective — and understanding that it’s not simply a matter of them needing to sit still and focus — can go a long way toward…
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Why Your Kid Should Make Things That Are Temporary
You may have read about the Tibetan monks who spend hours creating impossibly intricate mandalas out of tiny grains of sand, only to mess it all up as soon as they finish as a symbol of the ephemeral nature of all things. When I learned of this, I gasped in horror. All that work. Gone.
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Turn Old Starbucks Cups Into Spill-Proof Paint Holders
I love seeing my child paint. I fear seeing my child paint. These two feelings coexist. Whenever my six-year-old daughter is ready to go full Jackson Pollock at her art table, I’ll usually squeeze some paint into a few paper bowls. But the Parent Pack shares a way to keep things cleaner: Pour the paint…