Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Can you imagine writing a letter to a teenage grandson, then finding out that he could not read it? That’s what happened to a friend of mine last weekend. It wasn’t the kid’s fault, you see, problem ...

When a teacher reprimands a student, you can safely assume the kid in question did something wrong. Maybe she pushed a classmate in line, or perhaps he called out an answer without raising his hand.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I have become aware that not one of my four grandchildren knows how to write in old-fashioned cursive script. Their parents tell me it is not taught in their school. I think this is a shame. What's ...

I am of an age when we had to learn cursive writing. If I recall, it was in the fourth grade. My grandchildren do not know how to write in cursive, and their printing is very sloppy and hard to read.

A while back, we were on vacation with our daughter, Caryn and her family when her daughter, 10-year-old Stella, showed us a postcard she was writing to a friend back home. It began like this: “I am ...