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My second grader has a deep aversion to foods that aren’t encased meats, nuggets, baby carrots, or apples. Which is to say that he has an aversion to most foods. So it was with great surprise that I watched as he slowly bit into a Korean Green Tea Choco Pie. As the chocolate-y layer gave way to the matcha-flavored cake and finally the gooey marshmallow center, his eyes lit up. He chewed thoughtfully and nodded. If I’d known that my kids would eat treats from Korea, this would’ve changed my entire game plan. Luckily, I didn’t have to. Korea was...

While most parents are at least a tiny bit upset about schools being closed due to the pandemic and miss having their few hours away from their kids, people rarely realize many teachers have their reasons to be upset too. Not only did they have to completely change their teaching habits and adapt to online teaching, they also… simply miss their students. This Dutch primary school teacher missed her pupils so much due to the pandemic, she had the most adorable idea to knit a teeny tiny cute doll to represent each and every one of her 23 students. This...

An outdoor classroom at Emerald Elementary School is flourishing despite the absence of students to tend the raised garden beds, and the produce being cared for by volunteers will stock the shelves at area food banks. This spring, Garden to Table, a Boulder nonprofit, has been growing more than 3,000 lettuce plants in school gardens and in the backyards of board members, staff and volunteers around the county and in Broomfield. A May harvest has so far yielded more than 900 heads of lettuce, or more than 250 pounds, that have been donated to Community Food Share and Boulder Food...

The last day of school will certainly be different this year. We won't be patiently waiting outside the doors of the school building to whisk up our kids with congratulatory hugs and kisses. We won't be wiping away the tears as they bid farewell to the teachers who have nurtured and supported our children for the last 180 days. We won't be planning big graduation parties, attending school ceremonies, or making reservations to treat our kids to dinner at their favorite restaurant. They won't even be able to give a final farewell to their friends, teachers, principals, school nurses, janitors,...

If you’re in the trenches, trying to figure out how to handle anxiety in your child, you may come across a lot of information that can simply overwhelm and exhaust you.The thing is, you won’t be able to ‘fix” your child because there isn’t a magic spray to help with the situation.What you need are some tools to help attend to your child’s needs during their anxiety episodes, and luckily, I’ve got some for you today.In this article I’ll go over some of the basic ways you can help your child manage anxiety, what anxiety looks like in children and...