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When the phone finally rang, it wasn’t the news we’d been expecting. My 10-year-old daughter Ryan was crushed upon learning she’d been cut from our town’s travel basketball team. Later, when her best friend Sarah called to tell her she’d been selected for the team (along with several of Ryan’s other close pals) my normally thick-skinned 5th grader really fell apart then.   Read more >

November is parent/teacher conference time of year. As the veteran mom of four children (ages 6, 8, 10 and 12), I’ve found that if you go to school with the right attitude and  ask the right questions, time alone with the teacher can be a valuable source of information about your child. But not everyone shares my view.  Read more >