A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is what they don't offer. No... →
Nancy Gibbs
Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us... →
High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they... →
In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends... →
There's nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach. I grew up across the marsh from The Citadel. We loved buying chicken necks... →
Thomas Gibson
When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band play, and I just loved... →
When I'm home, I've got the kind of time that other dads who live there full time don't have. I can go and have lunch with my kids at... →
All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in... →
Patricia Reilly Giff
The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they... →