Category Archives: Preschool

Teaching our children intolerance

By Jodi Cohen | Published: January 4, 2010
  Two moms at a local preschool don’t get along.  They have very different values and have never really clicked.  One of the moms, who we’ll call Sue, doesn’t really invest a lot of energy in the differences and always takes the high road.  The other mom, who we’ll call Jill, constantly makes unkind comments [...]
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Too sick for school, go to the library

By Jodi Cohen | Published: November 3, 2009
One rainy day, my son and I wandered into the local library.  He wasn’t in the mood to look for new books, so I was pleased that he found a young friend to play with while I was searched the stacks.  When it was time to leave, I found it hard to pry my son [...]
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Excluding Kids from Birthday Parties

By Jodi Cohen | Published: November 3, 2009
Stephanie and her three year old son Jack were heading to a local park when they walked by a house where a group of Jack’s friends from his preschool were gathered holding presents. Jack was excited to see his friends and ran over to say hello. “Are you going to Zacks’ party?” one of them [...]
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Swine Flu Hysteria

By Jodi Cohen | Published: November 1, 2009
It’s official. Swine flu hysteria has contaminated me. On Tuesday, my daughter’s school called because she had a temperature of 99.2 degrees. We rushed to pick her up, filled her with Tylenol and fluids and while she slept peacefully, I was frantically googling “swine flu symptoms.” She was coughing a bit, which is symptom. While [...]
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