Help! My Middle School Son Won’t Clean His Room
The messy room is as close as anything gets to a universal parenting challenge.
What Makes a Junior Boarding School Applicant Stand Out?
Your son’s admission to his preferred junior boarding school will depend not only on his academic...
Why Parents Must Get Comfortable with the Word ‘Failure’
Parents often have a visceral reaction to the word “failure” in the context of student learning....
The Importance of Family-Style Lunches
This week Lower School Head Stephen Billhardt share’s his perspective on why family-style lunches...
4 Ways to Give Your Kids a Great Education Without Leaving Boston
Do you really have to leave Boston as soon as your first child turns four?
Redshirting: Are Parents Asking the Wrong Question?
Across the country, more and more parents are “redshirting” their children when it comes to...
6 Fun Weekend Activities at Our Massachusetts Junior Boarding School
There are 32 weekends in the junior boarding school year. For a junior boarding school student who...
4 Questions an Education Consultant Asks When Visiting Private Kindergartens
As an educational consultant, Carol Kinlan has helped hundreds of families in the Boston area find...
It Is A Wonderful Life!
Each holiday season, a favorite tradition for many of us is a viewing of the classic film It’s a...
‘No Girls Allowed’: How Single-Sex Education Helps 5-Year-Old Boys Learn
Separating boys and girls into different classrooms may make a lot of sense at the middle or high...