If my then 15-month-old daughter had been able to dial out on her toy phone, she would have called the authorities on us. ...more

November 28, 2008

Thomas Sandusky didn't have it easy teaching high schoolers in New Jersey. ...more

October 6, 2008

This past week I volunteered for a day at the Kindergarten Learning Center in Sebring. I was amazed at this colorful, high-tech, almost magical place that gives today's kids their first taste of school. ...more

August 29, 2008

Throughout the 1940s, our house was mostly quiet in the evening. My family lived in a borough outside of Pittsburgh, and I was a small child. I liked to loll on the window seat and look at picture books. My sleepy-eyed dad would be sprawled on the couch, a magazine open across his chest. Grandma was in the wingchair, working the crossword, and Mother would be in her easy chair. ...more

June 15, 2008