Expert Advice on How to Talk to Your Kids About the Coronavirus

on April 15, 2020

These are some of the questions and comments I’ve heard from my three kids over the past week. Given the recent school closures, lack of toilet paper and bombarding messages about handwashing, it is understandable why kids may feel confused or scared... Read full article

Leaping into Learning

by Sarah Shaffer on January 30, 2020

The idea that we’ve removed recess in the name of giving children more time to work on skills that boost test scores is based on an absolute failure to understand the developmental link between play and healthy brains.... Read full article

The Full Measure of a Child

by Sarah Shaffer on December 16, 2019

But what if our race to the top has resulted in a race to the bottom, at least in terms of taking the fun out of learning? In our rush to get back to the basics, we may have forgotten something very basic: there’s profound and genuine joy ...... Read full article

Where Have All the Children Gone?

by Sarah Shaffer on July 12, 2019

I worry that there there may be equal cause for alarm in a “silent summer” of backyards devoid of children’s voices. Parents used to have to shoo their kids outdoors to play. Now we hardly know that they are home. And that is not a good thing.... Read full article

The 2019 Top 3 Best Leadership Development Summer Camps in Contra Costa County

by Best of Parents Press 2019 on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 3 Contra Costa County Best Leadership Development Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Contra Costa County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article

The 2019 Top 5 Best Leadership Development Summer Camps in Alameda County

by Best of Parents Press 2019 on July 10, 2019

Here are the 2019 Top 5 Alameda County Best Leadership Development Summer Camps as voted for by parents in Alameda County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area... Read full article

What if Questions Are the Answer?

by Sarah Shaffer on November 16, 2018

What is it about labeling science a formal subject that robs the endeavor of fun and drains kids of their passion? Might there be some connection between your child’s grade on a report card and his sudden “I-hate-science” statements? ... Read full article

Adult Swim

on November 09, 2018

It’s Beer Thirty... Read full article