Childcare is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions.

Childcare is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions.

Child Care

Many employers have faced pandemic-related disruptions and labor shortages, and more of them have started to see childcare as a workforce issue, according to Tom Weber of the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education. When employees leave jobs ...read more
Childcare is in crisis. Here’s what’s being done about it.

Childcare is in crisis. Here’s what’s being done about it.

Child Care

The pandemic made childcare problems harder to ignore. Business leaders and politicians began to see them not as private burdens for families, but as urgent public problems. Hear from policy experts about state and federal efforts to tackle the crisis and learn ...read more
Why Parenting Teenagers Wears Me the Heck Out

Why Parenting Teenagers Wears Me the Heck Out

Humor, Parent Time Out, Parenting, Tweens & Teens

Why Parenting Teenagers Wears Me the Heck Out How I recall those sleepless nights when my kids were newborns. Those nights morphed into long days carrying chunky toddlers, then chasing precocious preschoolers. Yup, parenting little ones wore me out. As my kids ...read more
Sending Teens to Summer Camp

Sending Teens to Summer Camp

Summer Camp, Tweens & Teens

Summer camp seems the perfect summertime solution for elementary-age kids so they don’t sit around the house bored and so they can make friends and learn new things while having fun. As our children grow out of their “little kid years,” we sometimes forget they ...read more
Benefits of Tutoring for a Child

Benefits of Tutoring for a Child

Child Development, Education, Mental Health

Benefits of Tutoring for a Child Parents seek the help of a tutor for many reasons. Some parents may choose to have their kids work with a tutor if they are struggling with a subject or particular concept but tutoring isn’t just for kids who are struggling in ...read more
2023 National Parks Fee-free Days

2023 National Parks Fee-free Days

Activites, Holidays, Travel, Vacations

2023 National Parks Fee-free Days According to National Park Service Director, Chuck Sams, “The entrance fee-free days to encourage people to discover the beauty, history and inspiration awaiting them in the more than 400 national parks throughout the country.” ...read more
We asked 8 childcare workers about their joys and frustrations. Here’s what they said.

We asked 8 childcare workers about their joys and frustrations. Here’s what they said.

Child Care

The childcare workforce in Massachusetts is about 12% smaller today than it was before the start of the pandemic. WBUR checked in with eight current and former childcare workers about the joys and challenges of the industry, and why some are leaving the ...read more
How childcare can build kids’ brains, one interaction at a time

How childcare can build kids’ brains, one interaction at a time

Child Care, Child Development

The most rapid brain development happens in the first five years of life, and evidence suggests back-and-forth interactions between children and their caregivers play a pivotal role. But the process is sensitive to factors like poverty and, when brain development ...read more
Why childcare in Massachusetts costs so much

Why childcare in Massachusetts costs so much

Child Care

American families spend more on childcare than their counterparts in many other parts of the world. And the cost in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states, with infant care costing, on average, over $20,000 a year, according to data from the Economic ...read more
5 Tips to Help Your Child Gain Confidence in the Classroom

5 Tips to Help Your Child Gain Confidence in the Classroom

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Our children have had a rough several years of learning due to the pandemic and now it’s time to re-focus on classroom interactions. Some younger children haven’t had time to experience the way a classroom normally works. How do they behave in a large group? What ...read more

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