Whatever words we’re cringing about our kids hearing from a certified educator, we’ll cringe into the fetal position if we see the results of those words typed into Google.
Category: Parenting and Family
Reframing self-care: New Chicago business looks beyond scented candles and massages to help clients find joy
Chicago-based On Leave Experiences pairs clients with excursions intended to help them broaden their horizons by wandering, creating and learning.
CPS pledges support to embattled CEO Pedro Martinez; board president Jianan Shi says, it’s not a ‘joint statement’
Chicago Board of Education President Jianan Shi said he was not consulted before the school district defended embattled CEO Pedro Martinez. “This is not a joint statement,” Shi said.
Chicago Board of Education unanimously approves new strategic plan for district schools
Parents, students, teachers and advocates filled dozens of seats in the auditorium at Chicago Public Schools’ Downtown offices ahead of the vote that would determine the district’s way forward – for the next five years. Shortly after the Board of Education’s unanimous vote to approve its new five-year strategic plan, the room burst into applause, but not all who observed the vote were pleased. After the vote, among the five speakers who signed up to address the board, Angel Alvarez, a South Chicago native and CPS alumni, reprimanded the board for its new plan, stating that it “failed to address […]
Congressional hearing Tuesday will be the first one to address slaying of 6-year-old Palestinian boy from Chicago area
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
Heidi Stevens: Something shifted when Gus Walz stood up and cheered for his dad, and I don’t think it’s going away
Gus Walz reminded us what it looks like to be proud, to be joyful, to be part of something bigger than yourself, to celebrate someone other than yourself.
A siblings-only trip offers a way to expand adult relationships, but planning is key
Adult sibling relationships require work. Traveling together can challenge the status quo and push you to learn more about one another.
Heidi Stevens: When you’re not quite ready to launch your kid, but you wouldn’t have it any other way
I’ve said goodbye to things, writes Heidi Stevens. Jobs. Homes. Friendships. Marriages. Saying goodbye to a childhood is different.
Student loan debt is front of mind for one Chicago attorney: ‘If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class family, that’s life changing’
“If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class family, that’s life-changing,” says Rae Kaplan, whose law firm helps with debt refinancing or elimination.