back to school

Our kids spend a third of their day in school, but the work doesn't stop there. Perhaps the most dreaded part of back-to-school, for both students and their parents, is the return of homework.

For some parents, September is the most wonderful time of year. Others dread sending their kids back to school, and wish they could extend the Summer.

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Young people aren't the only ones who get back-to-school blues. Pooches used to months of constant playtime can get upset when their best buddies disappear with the dog days of summer.

Picking out a new backpack can be one of the more exciting parts of returning to school. Unfortunately, many of these backpacks will be jammed with heavy books throughout the school year.

It's just a few weeks before kids start carrying around backpacks stuffed to the brim with notebooks, textbooks and even a laptop or tablet. But all that weight being carried around can be a threat to kids' backs.

With another school year about to begin, New Jersey parents are being encouraged to sit down with their kids and talk about bullying.

Remember the Holderness family? They're the one's that created the infamous 'Christmas Jammies' video. Now the Holderness family has returned just in time for back to school.

Any sleep structure that was embedded in our children during last school year was most likely thrown out the window this summer.