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The Only Thing Your Kids Need for Christmas
I don’t know about you, but fun and variety have been in short supply around our house since the pandemic started. Even though I’ve tried to make our home life as entertaining as possible given our circumstances, there’s something about quarantining at… Read More
Current Events | Family Life | Featured | Mental Health | Self Care
20 Things We Learned in 2020
Look. It’s okay to be ready for 2020 to be over. It’s been a crazy year—one filled with experiences and challenges that none of us could have been prepared for. (Okay. To be honest, my mom is a low-key doomsday preparer, so… Read More
Current Events | Featured | Mental Health | Self Care
Take a Deep Breath: 5 Things That Are True Today
Well, friends, we made it. The drama of last week is behind us. And now we’re here. And here looks like . . . being stuck in that head space between a tense presidential election and the holidays looming large on our… Read More
3 Ways to Take the Stress Out of Homeschooling Your Kids
The recession in 2008 was stressful for my family, but you know what didn’t happen? The recession didn’t say to me: “Guess what? In addition to losing your job and most of the value of your house, you also have to homeschool… Read More
How to Find Joy in the Midst of Chaos
Our world is currently experiencing an unprecedented time. The uncertainty and unknowns are causing anxiousness and fear in everyone. [Read more here on how to manage fear during a pandemic.] In the midst of all the questions, it’s incredibly important to focus… Read More
Current Events | Special Topics
Parenting (and Teaching) a Child With Special Needs During COVID-19
On March 16, 2020, I posted a photo of my wife, Jenna, and me with the caption: “Here we are! After 20 years, @jnascott and I have come out of teacher retirement for the Scott Family School of Social Distance Learning!” #covid_19… Read More
Create A Rhythm | Current Events | Family Life
We All Made a Giant Pivot. Now What?
There’s an episode of Friends (I know, my age is showing) where Ross is trying to get a new couch into his apartment and is attempting to carry it up the steps to move it in, and it isn’t going well. As… Read More
Current Events | Family Activities
Top 50 Books For Kids and Teens to Read While Stuck Inside
Thanks to the recent spread of the Coronavirus, we’re spending an unprecedented amount of time indoors, with no foreseeable end in sight. If you’re worried that you’ve already found the end of the internet in an effort to entertain your restless family,… Read More
Current Events | Fight For The Heart
Giving Your Kids Permission to Break the Rules
“Resist much, obey little.”― Walt Whitman It’s really not the advice I thought I would pass to my daughters when I imagined them before they were born. Even so, as I walked the streets of Brooklyn tonight, a grown adult, wife and… Read More
Current Events | Fight For The Heart
The Reality of Fear and What to Do Next
A few days ago, I asked my two boys what they were most afraid of. My youngest, without skipping a beat, told me water buffalos and cobras. My oldest, still only seven, told me, imaginary monsters at night, robbers, America being destroyed,… Read More