Have you ever picked up your kid from school and asked them, “How was your day?” and they responded with a one-word answer such as “Good,” “Fine,” or “OK”? This all-too-common interaction can be disheartening because, as a parent, you want to know what your child did during the 6 hours you were apart. Let’s …
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Mom shares 5 questions to ask your kids after school, instead of 'How was your day?'
Have you ever picked up your kid from school and asked them, “How was your day?” and they responded with a one-word answer such as “Good,” “Fine,” or “OK”? This all-too-common interaction can be disheartening because, as a parent, you want to know what your child did during the 6 hours you were apart. Let’s …
Mom shares 5 questions to ask your kids after school, instead of 'How was your day?'
Have you ever picked up your kid from school and asked them, “How was your day?” and they responded with a one-word answer such as “Good,” “Fine,” or “OK”? This all-too-common interaction can be disheartening because, as a parent, you want to know what your child did during the 6 hours you were apart. Let’s …
Husband's demand for wife to tell him 'everything about her day' backfired in the best way
There are some people who just don’t like to be told what to do. I myself fall into this category, and there’s really no rhyme or reason to how irrationally stubborn it makes me to be told to do something. Giving an order for me to do something that I was about to do anyway …
Dad gives his young daughter a 'spa day' while mom and sister are out and people are gushing
Raising kids is no small feat. Just the basic logistics of caring for a human being from their helpless newborn stage to the full-fledged adult stage is a lot, much less doing the countless other things that will actually help that human thrive. Parents who go above and beyond to create a nurturing environment and …
'Wrong blind person. Wrong day': Blind reporter explains how he got his phone back from a thief.
Sean Dilley, a blind news reporter and project lead for the BBC’s Reframing Disability Programme, was taking a break from work in the early morning hours on Tuesday, December 27, when a robber rode by on a bicycle and snatched his iPhone 14. However, the thief didn’t know who he was messing with and Dilley …
'1-4-3 Day': Pennsylvanians celebrate kindness in honor of Mister Rogers and his favorite number
The number 143 was very special to Fred Rogers. To the star of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” it meant, I love you. “It takes one letter to say I and four letters to say love and three letters to say you. One hundred and forty-three,” he was fond of saying. He even tried to maintain the …
Students hold their own 'diversity day' after school board voted to cancel the tradition
In elementary school we had a day where everyone would bring a cultural dish, come dressed in their culture’s traditional garb and present to the class about where you came from. The day was always a mix of kids talking about their German, Italian or Polish traditions while the Black kids were left a bit …
What parents are teaching kids when we allow them to take a 'mental health day'
When I was in high school, I woke up one morning feeling overwhelmed. I was an honors student, I was involved in various activities and clubs, and for whatever reason, I felt thoroughly unprepared for the day. I don’t recall if I had a test or a presentation or if it was just a normal …
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