Alexis Wiggins had been teaching for 14 years when she did something radical: she shadowed a student for a day. Actually, she did this twice, once with a 10th grade student and once with a 12th grade student. She did everything they did during the time she shadowed them. If she had to jot down […]
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The Montessori Method: Could Public Schools Change Over?
Montessori, as an educational method, tempts many parents with its student-driven focus. In the Montessori Method, the child becomes the architect of his own education. Education is tailored to the individual student. This all sounds so much better than the one-size-fits-all education of most public school settings with their Common Core Standards. But for most […]
The Impact of Song Lyrics on Our Children: What You Need to Know
Is the impact of song lyrics on our children something we should worry about? Is it something you have worried about? Because if you’re like most parents, you have no idea what your kids are listening to, unless the lyrics are so obviously sexualized that the song makes it into the news headlines. And of […]
Talking to Kids About Ebola
Talking to kids about Ebola: does it seem counterintuitive? Do you worry that rather than calming their fears, talking about the disease will only frighten them more? Is it difficult for you to talk about something that actually scares you at least as much as it scares your children? If so, you may want to […]
Poet, Parent, Writer: A Profile of Varda Meyers Epstein
Ursula K. Le Guin, an award-winning novelist and self-professed introvert once wrote, “Hardly anybody ever writes anything nice about introverts. Extroverts rule. This is rather odd when you realise that about nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts. We have been taught to be ashamed of not being ‘outgoing’. But a writer’s job is ingoing.” It’s […]
Is Baby Furniture Ever Really Safe?
Is baby furniture ever really safe? That was the thought that came to mind when I watched this humorous clip: http://youtu.be/sDaRLZF9HqY I couldn’t help but remember the way my eldest daughter chewed tooth marks into the wood of her crib as she teethed in a furious frenzy. I remember thinking that the wood and whatever […]
Bullying Or Just Teasing?
“Bullying or just teasing?” It’s what you ask yourself when your child comes home with a tale of woe, her face streaked with tears, her dress torn, shoes scuffed. But when you try to get a clear picture of what exactly happened, the story she tells between sniffs, snobs, and shaking shoulders just doesn’t add […]