Physical activity is crucial for kids and sports offer a great entry point for getting them moving early on — and keeping them engaged for the long term. Participation in youth sports can promote a lifetime of improved health and well-being, including physical, emotional, social, and cognitive benefits. These advantages — and the excitement of well-meaning parents — help fill the registration lists for many youth sports programs. But what is the right age for your kids to start playing sports? And what is the ideal number of activities for them to be doing? The answers aren’t always clear, so we spoke with three sports experts to get their take on the best ways to engage kids when they’re young —...
“Teenagers” and “free-time”. For many parents, this is a terrifying combination of words. At a certain age, your kids become more independent than they probably should be — a dynamic that makes parents all over the world nervous. How can you monitor your teenager’s free time while also respecting their need for privacy and autonomy? In this article, we look at how to establish an appropriate boundary between you and your teenager. Setting Boundaries First, it’s important to decide what is appropriate. How much should a parent know about how their teenager spends their free time? The answer, of course, may be different from child to child. Teenagers with a propensity for troubling behavior require more oversight than those with...
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Fall is officially here, and with it, a bounty of new books for your towering TBR. Find here your ultimate guide to books hitting shelves in the final quarter of the year, including brand new books from beloved authors and new voices, standalones to series books, and fiction to nonfiction. There’s something here for every kind of reader, including those who are new to this exciting category of books. As always, this list of new fall 2022 YA books will not be comprehensive, especially as book publication dates are still periodically shifting. With continued printing challenges due to paper sourcing and COVID-19, as well as the still backlogged supply chain issues, this might be the reality for a bit. Use this list...
As his truck bounces along rural rangeland in southern Santa Fe County, Tom Smylie points to raptors all around—first a Swanson’s Hawk on a fence post, then a kestrel floating around a tree. All the while, Maverick sits quietly under the camper shell, his giant eyes shielded from the passing world by a tiny leather hood.The year-old peregrine falcon is soon climbing so high into the sky that Smylie can no longer make out the dark speck against the azure.But Maverick can still see him. The man releases a snow-white pigeon from a canvas bag at his hip and the falcon zips into view, darting downward toward the quarry. It’s the third time he’s tried this morning, and this time,...
