5 Dream Destinations for Your Second Honeymoon
Ill be completely honestmy honeymoon, nearly 20 years ago, wasnt all that great. I was sick in bed with the flu the whole first week on Kauai. The second week, my husband and I decided to try our hand at windsurfing on Maui. While I was feeling better, it was grueling. We ended each day bandaging our blistered hands (a side effect of gripping the boom when youre a beginner windsurfer …
NY School Cancels Kindergarten Show Because Those Kids Should Be Studying!
An elementary school in Elwood, N.Y. has cancelled its annual Kindergarten show so students can focus on their studies.No, this is not a joke. In a letter to parents, Principal Ellen Best-Laimit of Harley Avenue Primary School wrote:The reason for eliminating the Kindergarten show is simple. We are responsible for preparing children for college and career with valuable lifelong skills and know that we can best do that by having them become …
Hillary Clinton: “You Can’t Take Criticism Personally, But You Should Take It Seriously”
I was surprised to hear that former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be addressing a room full of marketing professionals in San Francisco this week. But that didn’t stop me and thousands of others from descending upon Moscone Center to hear what she had to say.In her address at software company Marketos Marketing Nation Summit, Clinton explained how she sees digital marketing driving innovation today, and how it …
Cutting The Parental Cord
As a parent of a high school student, I’ve had a hard time navigating the balance between staying involved in my teenagers life and giving him the independence he craves.On the one hand, research shows that engaged parents have kids who are less likely to use drugs and alcohol and are more likely to do well in school. On the other hand, I sense that he is pulling away from me – indviduating …
15 Million Kids Learn To Code – In One Week
My 9-year-old came home from school last week, more excited than I’ve seen her all year. She flipped open my laptop and logged onto Code.org.Look what I made, she said proudly.She showed me a page that was split in half – the right side of the page was a colorful animation of a blue bowling ball rolling down a red hill, with a bright yellow sun in the background. The left side …