Jill Morgenstern

As a child I was jealous of kids who could visit their grandparents after school. Having grandparents close by seemed like it would have been so much fun! Back then even making a long distance phone call to a grandparent was an expensive proposition. These days grandparents have many...

Parents are constantly on the lookout for ways to help their child thrive in school: volunteering in the classroom, providing enrichment classes, teaching study skills, or quizzing them on spelling words. There are countless ways to contribute to your child’s progress in school. But there is an even easier...

While it’s nice not to have to cook for Mother’s Day, the restaurants are crowded and reservations can be hard to get. We wanted to know what moms really want for Mother’s Day. So we asked moms in all stages of parenting from toddler to young adult and they...

Whoever coined the term, “the lazy days of summer” must not have had young children! Certainly it’s great not to have the pressures of the school year, but many working parents still need childcare when school is out. Summer day camps not only fill this gap, but can provide...

In our overscheduled lives, taking time for a family game night may seem like a luxury. But while we take this bonding time to play with our children we are not only making warm memories with them. We’re also helping their brains develop in surprising ways. A 2008 study...

I watched out my friend’s window as her 12-year-old chopped wood in the backyard. I wasn’t sure which was more amazing, that he was helping without having been asked or that my friend was allowing her son to use an ax, seemingly with no undue anxiety on her part....