Supporting Literacy

(Family Features) Reading is a foundation for learning, yet a vast gap exists in access to books for low-income neighborhoods. According to the Handbook of Literacy Research, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is just one age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Without books in the home, children lack the opportunity to […]

The Coffee Break Cure for Loneliness

Author of New Book on Fika Says Americans Have Much to Gain by Drinking Coffee the Way the Swedes Do Émile Odback encourages them to begin on International Coffee Day, Sept. 30 Americans love coffee and coffee breaks. But they often drink their coffee on the run, absentmindedly and solo while doing something else. Instead, […]