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Category Archives: Parenting
Pause for reflection
What should you do if you see this sign? The correct answer is: Come to a complete stop, proceed when you have the right-of-way. So, children, when we cross the road, we need to look to our left and right … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Children, Crime, Education, Family, Human relationships, Life styles, Parenting
Tagged Driving, Running stop signs
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Looking in my wardrobe, I wonder what to wear. Should my choice be geared by style or by fear? A warm day, true, but would I feel good, If I put on the sweater with the big hood? What I … Continue reading
Create a way
I caught a riveting discussion on NPR yesterday about the roots of creativity: it has some great take-aways, including the need to think like a seven year-old. For today, I’m not going to try to outdo the discussion, but recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Human relationships, Language, Life styles, Parenting, Writing
Tagged Creativity, Imagination
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Happy half-birthday!
My second grade daughter’s birthday is September 21, so today, March 21, she is getting excited. She tells me it’s her half-birthday. What? She will be exactly eight years and six months old. Let’s celebrate! She would love it if … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Human relationships, Language, Parenting
Tagged Half-birthday
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Are you my type? Redux: The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin
I wrote yesterday about how a chance remark reminded me about profiling and how it can be wanton. I was also reminded about how dangerous and destructive it can be to many, but it seems especially to young black men. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Crime, Education, Family, Government, Human relationships, Life styles, Media, News, Parenting, Race and Ethnicity
Tagged Charles M Blow, Racial profiling, Roland Martin, Trayvon Martin
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A is for apple. L is for lentils?
Last night, I sat outside with my daughter’s second grade class listening to her teacher tell a story for their regular full moon party. As I have heard these stories, I understood that for certain months it is traditional to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Language, Life styles, Parenting, Religion
Tagged Full moon, Lent
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Fit for a queen
Today is International Women’s Day, though it is not officially recognized in the US. I celebrate it, at least mentally every year, and I have celebrated it actually a few times, most notably in Russia: it is a big day … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Human relationships, Parenting, Travel
Tagged Furs, International Women's Day, Russia, World Bank
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Bugaboo
It’s been bugging me for several days, so I have to get it out of my system. Why are some people (I dare not label it with any gender or age qualifiers) terrified of insects? I can understand some of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Health care, Human relationships, Life styles, Parenting
Tagged Arachnophobia, Insects, Irrational fears, Spiders
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The trill is gone
I told my second grader that I wanted to write about how our house had been bugged. “Eeeuuuuw! Those stink bugs creep me out,” She screeched. She was not fooled at all by my attempted quip. But, she thought that … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Human relationships, Life styles, Parenting
Tagged Celebrities, Rihanna
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Oh, so sentimental? Time for Martinis.
“Is trading difficult?” my second grader asked me on Thursday afternoon. “Yes, sometimes,” I replied. Acknowledging that something is difficult is the beginning of much understanding: it applies to most, if not all, things. Philosophy moment over. Why is trading … Continue reading
