collected by NJ Kids from our valued readers.  These last few days of summer suddenly crept up on me!  Just when I was thinking that I had a week left to continue the slow pace of summer and baste in the sun, Hurricane Irene takes the last week away. September's now here...with cool breezy mornings, back to school, and long gone is the beach weather!  What to do?  On one hand, I'm looking forward to routine, to the six .... read more

If you haven’t learned something new this summer, there’s still time.  Try something different, explore with your kids, and perhaps live life through their eyes.  You may see the world entirely differently.  New can be very good for a kid; new is necessary.  They need to have new experiences, new learning opportunities, meeting new friends and being made aware of new possibilities. We know this isn’t always .... read more