A trip to the grocery store is a major social event because you will see between two and ten people you know, and you will have to stop and visit. Your hair stylist is also your daughter’s basketball coach, and she picks your son up from football practice for his haircut while she is picking up her own kids. Your teen-age son dates the daughters of at least two former … [Read more...]
How to Plant A Garden With Tweens and Make Them Like It
It was a windy, chilly Sunday afternoon, but I decided we were going to get out of the house and do something. So I pulled my two 12-years olds away from their screens and drove them to a local greenhouse. Although it seems all the world is a bore to a sixth grader, they didn’t resist as much as I thought they would. I think they secretly still enjoy spending time doing fun … [Read more...]