As the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, I’ve spent decades working with parents and educating students from underserved communities. I am also a mom to three kids. Many parents put ...

I once interviewed princesses – real-life princesses! – for my 4-year-old daughter’s birthday party. Full stop just to let that statement sink in. Because it is critical to a child’s well-being that ...

It's a sign of the times that the very concept of setting out to “raise happy children” strikes many as oversimplified. Old-fashioned, even. After all, we live in a complicated age. Yet such is the ...

When bedroom doors fly open on Christmas morning, my kids drink in a vision of a picture-perfect Christmas — an explosion of bright colors and shiny coils of ribbons in meticulously wrapped presents.

It’s a universal truth that every parent loves to see his or her children happy. But when it comes to raising happy children, you’ll soon find yourself sorting through mountains of complex and ...

When you ask parents what they want for their kids, what’s usually the most common reply? They want their children to be happy. Via Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier ...

The results are in, folks: Kids who grew up with two moms are thriving. Data shows that children who grow up in two-mom families fare just as well as other children, though the kids may tell you there ...