How do I help my older kids make friends at school?

Should I step back and let them learn how to negotiate the social waters of their new school, or do I pile advice on them (Smile! Ask their name! Ask what the kid likes to do! Ask where they live! Ask if they […]

Here are the shoes I bought at Payless. The left shoe rubbed the skin off my heel as I walked the kids to school yesterday. I will wear them again, of course. I used one of the boy’s rubber balls to stretch out the shoe’s heel overnight. Women do such terrible things to their feet […]