When I was little, we ate a lot of soup, probably because it’s a cheap and filling meal. My mother made clam chowder, vegetable chowder, chicken noodle chowder, to name a few. All of their soups were made from scratch and with a lot of workmanship. However, thanks to new products, soup can be a […]

Performing magic card tricks with your friends or audience in the same place is normal. But if I tell you that there are some card tricks you can perform over the phone, will you believe me? Well, you might think it’s impossible. But it is actually possible. Also, it is very easy and even you […]

If your child has brought lice home from school, you are not alone and just need to open the refrigerator door for natural lice treatments. These parasites survive on human hair and lay their eggs there, they are called “nits”. Getting rid of lice also requires removing small eggs, and many parents have spent their […]

One way to show how much you love a person is by remembering their special day, that is, their birthday. It is even more wonderful if you greet the person with tangible gifts. Well, let’s face it. We want and wish to receive gifts for our birthday. It only happens once a year, so we […]

I found this amazing cough cure in one of my mother’s old Edgar Cayce books. For those of you who don’t know, Edgar Cayce was a famous psychic who, while in a trance, could make various predictions and diagnose different illnesses in people. Being a sick child (and from a family of smokers), he was […]

If you are a parent with a baby, you have probably experienced this scenario before. You feed your precious little one. Then you put it over your shoulder so it burps a bit and splashes you instead, especially if you have hardwood floors. We have all been there. Babies spit. It is just part of […]

I was a downtown classroom teacher in a new open space school, part of a fourth grade team consisting of 4 teachers and 100 students. Sixteen of our students could not read even at the first grade level. They were all children and of course these students were the “behavior problems”. During the first two […]

Guess This: We trust our teachers with the education and well-being of our children for most of the day, every day. We know that educators have a great influence on the growth and development of our children. We know that teachers are underpaid and overworked. We know that education is a labor of love, and […]

The movie, The Social Network, is a powerful portrait of how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his team started with a dream and a $ 1000 startup, to become the youngest billionaire in the world. At the time of this writing, Facebook is valued at at least $ 50 billion, and this would mean it […]

Happiness is … that first glimpse of the Christmas presents stacked under the tree. So today, let’s check out some sensational Christmas gifts that are sure to make an 11-year-old smile from ear to ear. Now, what kind of Christmas presents would your favorite 11-year-old boy or girl want to have more than anything else? […]