Big Kids

Bergman Academy is an independent school with intentionally small class sizes (maximum of 16 learners per class). It is located in the heart of historic Greenwood Park at the former Science Center of Iowa. A Bergman Academy education lasts far...

Have you noticed that some of the most beloved characters in kid's literature have been separated from their moms due to tragic circumstances? Harry Potter. The Penderwicks, The Pevensie Kids. Do you ever get the sense that children's authors like getting...

My oldest child, Lucy, was a toddler when we learned she had some developmental delays. After evaluations with a variety of professionals, she received diagnoses of mixed expressive-receptive language disorder, sensory processing disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder. She began...

Sweet baby fusses from the bouncer while I fix dinner Looking, stretching for me to hold him. "You're fine, you don't need me," I croon. Baby boy hesitates to let go and take steps away from me Unsure how to move forward, how...

I have been alive for 43 years. For the better part of 16 of those years, I have been diapering one or more of my children.   My youngest will be four soon and while he definitely took his sweet time...

Crayons. Everywhere. On the table, under the table, possibly a piece in her mouth. The resident toddler prefers them scattered everywhere. Perhaps that's how she best creates.  A little voice at the side of my bed wakes me at 1:30 a.m....

Seven years. That is how old my oldest will turn this month. How did that happen? When did she grow up? It has gone by WAY too fast. Now she is three years away from being ten. Eleven years away...

Our oldest went to kindergarten last year. I swear, it was just yesterday I was holding him in my arms terrified I didn’t know what I was doing with this tiny infant. And here we were. A big yellow bus lumbering...

Did anyone else get super motivated by the Rio Olympics to a) get beach volleyball abs, b) start their kids in some sort of program so I can give Aly Raisman's parents a run for their money, or c) see if they...

Summer is here and my boys are so excited for their summer of fun! This means endless video games, sleeping in, ... Just Kidding! While our summers aren't overly structured, we do have some general guidelines we've used for...