On Parenting: Swim safety, heat safety and more

How to keep kids safe in this heat; The life skills teens should know before leaving home; Need parenting advice? Meghan Leahy will answer your questions.; Tween doesn't like how she looks. How can I help? ; American Red Cross lacks oversight of lifeguard certification process; 6 things parents should do to keep kids safe in the water; Children were safer around guns after watching a 1-minute video ; U.S. Soccer supports working moms. Are you watching, America? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Get unlimited access to The Post for $1 a week  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The challenges, delights and shared experiences of parenting.       By Amy Joyce  Email Happy Tuesday, all! I'm very much missing two boys who are at camp right now and I may have almost tackled my mail carrier yesterday when she was walking toward me with a letter. (She laughed, I apologized and she kindly nodded knowingly when I explained.) The letter was from my younger one, and he mentioned he got a letter from me, couldn't read my cursive at first, but did figure it out in the end. It's so strange to me that most kids don't really know cursive anymore. But truth be told, when I actually have to handwrite something these days, it feels strange and my hand feels like it needs a workout routine. Is this something you're teaching your children on the side? I thought I had, but without practice, it doesn't come easily to my kids - or I guess to me anymore. It made me wonder what else we learned as kids that our kids aren't learning – or don't need to know  –  anymore. Thoughts? Send them my way at amy.joyce@washpost.com. Make sure to join Meghan Leahy and myself tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 for her Q&A about all things parenting. You can ask your questions now. And I'll see you here again on Friday.  ADVICE I avoid my husband's family but feel bad for my daughter when I miss events By Meghan Leahy ●  Read more »   How to keep kids safe in this heat By Erin Chan Ding ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ADVICE The life skills teens should know before leaving home By Kelly Glass ●  Read more »   ADVICE Need parenting advice? Meghan Leahy will answer your questions. By Meghan Leahy and Amy Joyce ●  Read more »   ADVICE Tween doesn't like how she looks. How can I help? By Meghan Leahy and Amy Joyce ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   American Red Cross lacks oversight of lifeguard certification process By Douglas MacMillan ●  Read more »   6 things parents should do to keep kids safe in the water 6 things parents should do to keep kids safe in the water Read more »   Children were safer around guns after watching a 1-minute video By Erin Blakemore ●  Read more »   Opinion  | U.S. Soccer supports working moms. Are you watching, America? By Macaela MacKenzie ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Bold School for smart advice on how to get better with age, plus tried-and-true tips from our readers, every Monday and Friday for 12 weeks. Sign up »

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