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July is National Parks and Recreation Month! This year’s theme is “OUT is IN!” Since 1985, the United States has officially recognized the importance of enjoying the outdoors, particularly in the [...]

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month! Many forms of child abuse exist but our discussion focuses on playgrounds. What do national statistics tell us? 44% of all playground injuries [...]

In an age of professional qualifications, subliminally assigning agency to professional teachers, coaches, and school administrators is an easy step for busy parents to take. Many people perceive [...]

New parents often joke about the absence of an owner’s manual when their children are born. Advice from loved ones and friends (usually) is abundant, conflicting, and overwhelming to new parents. [...]

Definitions of leadership are as numerous as there are people. Those who lead and those who are lead (which is all of us) fill in our individual “blanks” with preferences based on personal [...]