Blow their minds with indoor Olympics, ice cube art, and a comedy-hour giggle fest The weather is finally warmer. But now it’s kind of gone overboard, and the novelty of all-day outdoor summer activities has worn off. We’ve got indoor summer activities that will get your child moving, experimenting, and creating in the comfort of your living room, kitchen, or playroom. If it’s reached crazy temps where you live, it sounds like you’ll need some great indoor activities for kids. Laugh out loud. Stage a little comedy show in your living room. Here are 300+ of our favorite kid’s jokes to get you going. Create a cool collage. Spend the day (or at least part) drawing summertime pictures. Your little...
Being a writer, being able to create characters and tap into human feelings and ways of processing things often goes hand in hand with feeling worthless. Feeling that I’m not as good as the writers I admire, feeling that I’m not writing enough, feeling that I’m wasting time on the wrong project when I should be writing about something else. My first novel, A Little Hope, had come out in 2021, and my second novel, A Quiet Life, had just been published. There are weird ebbs and flows to the writing life, and a ton of silence, and now that I had gone on a mini tour to some bookstores, and now that my teaching semester was starting to finish,...
Although there’s little to no evidence to show that Black schoolchildren misbehave more than white ones, a growing body of research has shown that Black children are disciplined very differently. Black children are punished more severely than white children for the same infractions and are likelier to receive consequences that take them out of the school environment, like suspensions and expulsions. These sorts of punishments have been linked to negative outcomes later in life, such as academic achievement gaps and contact with the justice system. Now, researchers studying K-12 disciplinary referrals have made a surprising discovery: more than half of the disparities between white students and students of color can be traced back to a shockingly small group of teachers....
In September 2017, the Social Security Administration sent Gabriel Burgos’ family a letter warning that their income would be cut in half. Gabriel—a Brooklyn high schooler who lived with his mother, Marlena, and father, Jorge, in a public housing apartment—had recently turned 18. That meant the end of the monthly check he got because of his severe learning disabilities. The family—their names have been changed—was already living in poverty. Three years before, Marlena lost her job as a home health billing clerk; Jorge, due to complications from lifelong diabetes, was unable to work and also collected disability support. The family received food stamps and subsidized rent, but now were facing a future where two Social Security disability checks that once...
If you’ve been pestering your kids and grandkids about downing energy drinks, it turns out they may not be totally in the wrong. Turns out that those drinks may actually have a bigger benefit than offering high energy for video gaming – and even doctors are on board with one of the main ingredients, taurine. Dubbed the latest “Elixir of Life,” taurine may be just what we need to keep our youthfulness in check. Here’s everything you need to know about it. Disclosure: As with any new diet addition or regiment, only you know your body best. This post is, in no way, meant to tell you what you need, only to provide you with details. Having written that, please consult...
