I cried. It was the most bizarre thing. At the time, my husband and I had been isolated for over three months but we did pretty well. It took us a while to get over the shock of not being…
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As a wife and mother of 4, Stacy LaFontant, is a passionate child advocate and early childhood educator based in New Jersey. After a virtual meeting between the superintendent of schools and school administrators regarding next steps for the upcoming…
Although I was young, memories of the civil rights era are vivid. Fifty plus years later, the events over the past several years are forcing critical and past due reflection. The thoughts keep circling back around to one word: enough….
As a parent, a citizen and an advocate for kindness, equality and respect, my heart is so heavy. I’m sorry parents. This is an extraordinarily difficult time. Hard enough to have your lives upended with COVID-19 but now you’re put…
May is National Military Appreciation Month and what better time to say thank you than on Memorial Day Weekend. Parents everywhere have been challenged with Coronavirus and the isolation and pressure it brings. Resilience is not just a word anymore….
It’s Monday morning in the virtual neighborhood. You think it would be predictable but it’s not. You’d also think that being forced to stay inside during the pandemic would mean same old, same old. That has not been my experience. With mug…
You may have read my recent post re: screen time during Covid-19. Soon after posting, I was introduced to an outstanding teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. Sarah Scheldt, veteran educator and parent coach, had much to add to…
Grief is a major factor in this pandemic. Of course, there’s a wide range of what that means — from true loss of life — to life as we knew it– to life events on hold. It should all be…
I’m judging you…but in a good way. It was uncomfortable. I didn’t know whether to act like I wasn’t noticing this mini-parenting nightmare or to just be there. I’m not a good actress so I stood uncomfortably in…
Reading, Math, English. All key to academic success whether sitting in the classroom or at home. But speaking of learning and success, what would you guess is the the biggest predictor of doing well in life? Social Emotional Intelligence. It’s…