Q: Over the holidays, our 28-month-old daughter stopped napping. A couple of days we were so busy with Christmas that a nap simply was not possible. Now, we put her in her crib for her to nap, and she ...

CLEAR LAKE — Bryce Schmalen said first grade was the time between kindergarten — “which was fun,” he said — and the rest of the grades to come, when you’re expected to buckle down. Schmalen said, ...