The key is making it easy and lowering your standards dramatically.

Kids can send Santa letters—and get a response in return. Writing or dictating letters to Santa offers kids valuable practice in prioritization, penmanship, and polite communication. And getting a ...

Last week we dropped my two sons off at their first overnight camp. They are 9 and 11. They will spend almost a month there, and we will be here, at home, feeling weird about things. Since the only ...