As a first grade teacher, Eileen Sloan got tired of tying shoes. Though it wasn’t something she taught in her class, she expended plenty of energy helping students tie their laces throughout the day, ...

Parenting is a lot of work, a constant struggle to stay on top of day-to-day responsibilities while keeping focused on the big picture. Inevitably, things are going to fall through the cracks. Our ...

Nursery rhymes. Bunny ears. Ring around the tree. These are just a few of the methods we use to teach kids how to tie their shoes. But when nothing seems to work, it can be a frustrating experience ...

My seven-year-old son is not keen on learning to tie his shoes. He doesn’t have any problems with dexterity ... he just gets easily frustrated doing things he’s not already good at (which is a lot of ...