Parenting 101
Parents and Children Grow Together
with Minnesota’s ECFE Program

In the mid 1970’s, most state governments were not yet making policy connections between the care and education of young children and their performance in school. Ahead of its time, the 1974 Minnesota Legislature began the piloting of Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) in the form of six local programs.

Finding the Best Books
for Your Child

You’re sitting in a park when you see a mother snatch a paperback book out of her son’s hands. “What are you doing reading this trash?” she asks angrily. “You should be reading good books—quality literature!”

Seeking Balance
Pros & Cons of Extracurricular Activities

My 87 year old friend, Doug once reminisced to me about how he spent his summers as a kid.

He said, “As soon as we had finished our bowls of Wheaties we fled to the outdoors, not to return again until noon for a glass of milk and a peanut butter sandwich.

Teaching Your Teen to Drive

Today your teenager will get behind the wheel of a car and you will teach him how to drive. Both of you are nervous, and with good reason. 

According to statistics provided by Tire Rack Street Survival, which operates a non-profit, national driver education program,  “Last year, over 5,000 teenagers died in motor vehicle crashes, the leading killer of American youths aged 16 to 19, accounting for more than 40 percent of fatalities in that age bracket.”