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Putting School Year Activities Into Perspective

Asha Dornfest | Posted 03.29.2013 | Parents
Read More: After School Activities, School-Age Children, Chaperone, Volunteering, School Year, Time Management, Stress Managemetn, Family Schedule, Stress-Less Parenting, Work-Life Balance, Stress Less, Parenting Advice, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Asha Dornfest

There are serious logistics involved when your children are in school. What with the lunches and the clothes and the papers and the pickups and the drop-offs and the homework and the social and extracurricular activities and the vacation schedules (not to mention the volunteering)...

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When Field Trips Go Wrong

Bethany Meyer | Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents
Read More: Head Butt, Field Trip, Apple Cider, School Bus, Karma, Humor for Parents, Apple Orchard, Chaperone, Child Discipline, Discipline, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Parenting Humor, School Discipline, Field Trips, Kindergarten, Parents News
Bethany Meyer

My son is in kindergarten. With 29 other boys. I volunteered to chaperone their field trip to an apple orchard last week.

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Snarclight: A Portrait of a Hollywood Usher

Ali MacLean | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Entertainment, Avatar, Rada, Going Green, Lincoln Center, Hotel Rwanda, Broadway, Snarclight, Movie Theaters, Christopher Plummer, Hollywood, Movie Theater, John Cusack, Hot Tub Time Machine, Trailers, Chaperone, Snark, Cadbury, Cal Fusion, Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Whorehouse, Arclight, Choclatini, Toblerone, Comedy News
Ali MacLean

We appreciate you choosing Arclight. And may I add that I personally appreciate you choosing to see this fine piece of cinematic history. I trained at RADA and now I wear a polyester vest. Keep it up, folks.

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Prom Advice for Parents

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Plan Ahead, Establish Check-in Times, Safety in Numbers, Drugs, Chaperone, Designated Driver, Rules, Alcohol, Sex, Ask the Right Questions, Dress, Prom Etiquette, Open Lines of Communication, Safe Prom, Photos, Stress, Tuxedo, Corsage, Rock N Roll, Teenager, Party, Dutch Treat, Curfew, Prom Advice for Parents, Work Out a Budget, Prom, Group Dating, Std?S, Check-In, Style News
Lisa Mirza Grotts

Listen up, parents. Prom night is not the time to look the other way or be vague in talking to your children. The focus should be on health and safety. This is the time to ask questions, to be observant, and to take precautions.

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