As a first grade teacher, Eileen Sloan got tired of tying shoes. Though it wasn’t something she taught in her class, she expended plenty of energy helping students tie their laces throughout the day, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nursery rhymes. Bunny ears. Ring around the tree. These are just a few of the methods we use to teach kids how to tie their shoes.

Parenting is a lot of work, a constant struggle to stay on top of day-to-day responsibilities while keeping focused on the big picture. Inevitably, things are going to fall through the cracks. Our ...

My seven-year-old son is not keen on learning to tie his shoes. He doesn’t have any problems with dexterity ... he just gets easily frustrated doing things he’s not already good at (which is a lot of ...

Karina Bland is on vacation. This column first published on July 23, 2007. My son has outgrown his sneakers, though I just noticed because he's spent all summer in a pair of red Crocs. I told him we'd ...

The leader, from an outer suburban Victorian primary school, sent a message to parents urging them to act after teachers spent most of their time on a recent excursion tying kids’ shoelaces. “If your ...