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This four-word method helps parents quickly calm the spiral without reassuring, lecturing, fixing, or feeding the worry.

The casual comments about appearance, gender roles and physical affection do more damage than you may realize.

Parents don’t agree on when kids should swear. A new poll explores how families balance language, age, and social influence.

Elementary school children may be harmed by overuse of tech tools for spelling. Literacy experts are calling for change and explicit spelling instruction in every classroom.

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By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.

I want to tell you what it is like in Minnesota right now. I grew up in a small town in southeast Minnesota, right on the ...