If you’ve ever stood in the bathroom with your teen wondering, “We’re washing, we’re trying…so why is this still happening?” know you’re not alone. Acne is multi-faceted and stubborn. While hormones play a role, I often see everyday habits acting as hidden triggers.

As the flowers bloom and we prepare for the inevitable sneezing season, it’s important to remember that our four-legged family members are often right there with us. In dogs and cats, spring allergies look less like a runny nose and more like an endless, frustrating itch.

Summer learning loss, aka, the “summer slide,” is when students start the school year with academic achievement and testing levels lower than what they had at the end of the last school year. Over the summer months, students’ academic levels decline — especially in math and reading — resulting in the loss of one month of school year learning. And this slide gets steeper in higher grade levels.

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is permission to fail. Failure is not the opposite of success; it is a necessary step towards succeeding. If necessity is the mother of invention, then feeling safe enough to fail is the father of invention.

When troubling events fill the news, older students, who often have more unsupervised access to media, can feel overwhelmed. Young children can absorb more than adults realize through tone, tension and snippets of conversation...

Guardian-child gymnastics classes don’t just help your child improve their gymnastics skills, they create a supportive environment for youth to grow while strengthening their bonds with a guardian.