During her first year of teaching, Allison Bacon cried until November. The amount of things that teachers juggle every day overwhelmed her. “You’re not thinking about anything else. You’re thinking ...

A tearful mom who dropped off her kids at kindergarten received the best encouragement from a teacher. “She was so warm and welcoming,” Tavia Wade, a mother of three in Utah, tells TODAY.com. Wade ...

When I come home from the library with a stack of novels, I often decide which one to start by reading the first pages. I’m looking to be intrigued, to find a character or a tone that makes me want to ...