Guest Post: For The Love of Books

*This is a guest post by Melanie Milburn. One of my favorite things to do is read to children. Books are a wonderful way to introduce child...

Guest Post: Editing The Classics: Is it Ethical?

Note from Callista: I do not claim to agree or disagree with the following guest post. I am offering it to spark conversation among my read...

Author Guest Post: Leadership at Work: Communicate and Connect the Dots

There are ways of expressing ourselves to get points across and there are ways to create lots of noise and buzz. Right now, in our stimulus ...

Guest Review: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

While not intended to be a parenting manual, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua's memoir, focusing on her trials and travails of motheri...

Article: Keys to Remembering What You Read

This article is referring to students remembering what they read in school but is good advice for adults trying to retain information as wel...

Guest Post: Reading for a Happily Ever After

© Flickr User Newton Free Library One of the things parents should never underestimate is the value of a good bedtime story. Despite the bus...

Guest Post: How to Tell If Your Family Is Out-of-Control...and How to Fix It If It Is

This post is by Scott Gale, author of Your Family Constitution : Is my family out-of-control? Are my kids more challenging, my circumstances...

Guest Post: Inspiration From a Smile by Tim Whitney

Tim Whitney is the author of Thanksgiving At the Inn. More details after the story. Back in the spring of 1983 I was a 'typical' co...

GUEST POST: Back to School with ADHD

Note from Callista: The three books mentioned below will be reviewed here at SMS Book Reviews this week. Back to School with ADHD by J...

Guest Post: Indigo Testing by Dr. Janine Talty, DO

Indigo Testing As the Indigo adults begin to identify themselves based on lists of characteristics found on the Internet and in some printed...

[Guest Post] Travel Guides by Michael Schuermann

Thanks to Callista for giving me the opportunity of addressing you, her readers, in this way. What happened was this: A few days ago, Callis...

[Guest Review] Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT by Jane Stern

*This review is by Sarah at Puss Reboots* Jane Stern is a contributing editor for Gourmet magazine. She's also a volunteer EMT. She...