Better or Bust: Dirty Paws Footbath

My home is the go-to day care center for my son’s large Golden Retriever puppy.   He is adorable, a great companion to our little 6-year-old lovable mutt, and lives to traipse through every inch of wet mud he can find. Enter the Dirty Paws Footbath. A colleague gave the Footbath to me—as a sympathetic […]

by Suzy Guyot Hilbrant

College Prep: Should Your Child Take A Gap Year?

It’s becoming increasingly popular for students to take a year off between high school and college. But is a gap year right for your child?   Linda Connolly, post-high school counselor at New Trier High School in Winnetka, explains the benefits. “It is the opportunity of a lifetime,” she says. “Students are gaining real-life experience […]

by Suzy Guyot Hilbrant