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23 Comments · by Kat

How Much Do You Spend On Your Kids’ Activities?

Extracurriculars· Lifestyle | budgets· kids' activities· posts

How much do you spend on your kids’ activities? Is cost the major consideration — or time, or logistics (such as dropoff/pickup)?

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3 Ways to Teach Kids a New Language

Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Lifestyle· Parenting· Toddlers | language skills· learning· posts

I still remember the big day in 6th grade that we got to choose the foreign language that we’d start learning: Spanish, French, or German. (I picked Spanish.) Many schools in the U.S. still don’t begin to teach kids a new language until middle school, while most European countries, for example, start instruction of a second language when kids are six to nine years … Read More about 3 Ways to Teach Kids a New Language

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School Break Camps: Open Thread

Childcare· Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Parenting· Working Mom | activities· camps· family vacations· posts· vacation

Do your kids go to school break camps during winter and spring school vacations? With day care, you usually don’t have to worry — just send them to your regular provider. But parents of school-age kids need to find an alternative child care situation. Good sources for information about school break camps include local parent magazines and websites, and … Read More about School Break Camps: Open Thread

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Your Kids’ Activities, Overscheduling, and Working Parents

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A reader wondered, “Kat, could we do a discussion on overparenting/overscheduling when a working mom?”

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