October 14th, 2010 08:11am

Boredom busters on a rainy day

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Just because it’s raining outside doesn’t mean your kids should be driving you up the wall with their boredom.
August 5th, 2009 01:28pm

Overscheduling and Activity Burnout

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The beginning of the school year can be an exciting time. Dressed in brand new clothes and carrying new backpacks filled with sharpened pencils and clean binders of white, school-lined paper, your kids get to see friends they haven’t seen for 3 months and sit in classrooms with a new teacher, breaking up their day in ways they haven’t had to in months. But it can also bring dread to kids who have already endured a very busy summer of camps, summer school, and workshops, only to have an even busier schedule with school, sports, and music, among other things.