To Summer Camp or Not to Summer Camp

Horseback riding camp, computer camp, Girl Scout camp, camp with swim lessons, camp without, sailing camp, environmental camp, marine biology camp…Breathe… Sleep-away camp – is she ready? Am I? No. Traditional day camp – is it worth the money? Do they bus? Yikes. Enough already!
The Summer Camp Dilmena
by Christine Duval
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Ending Math Anxiety in Girls

By Christine Duval
I don’t love math. I admit it. It never was a favorite subject of mine. I didn’t do horribly in it, but I realize looking back to my school days that I didn’t get a lot of encouragement to enjoy or excel at it either.
Recently while struggling to help my daughter with a [...]

How to Start a Mother-Daughter Book Club

by Christine Duval
Have you ever thought about starting a Mother/Daughter book club? Mother/Daughter book clubs are a great way to get your daughter and her friends to begin thinking more critically about what they are reading. They are also just plain fun and a terrific excuse to get together with friends to discuss a shared [...]

Is Your Tween Spending Too Much Time Online? Conduct Your Own Study

By Christine Duval
A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation study shows the average kid between the ages of 8 and 18 spends 7.5 hours a day online. Struck by the numbers, I decided to conduct my own “study” to see just how much time my tween daughter spends in front of a screen — [...]