. This enbynkrznk comes up a lot — the disconnect between the adventure in children’s books and the reality of kids’ lives today. The mom who wrote this (now edited down) post blogs at listentograce. She, her fighter pilot husband, and their tot Sean live in South Carolina. Safety vs. Freedom, by Meredith . Last […]
Archive | 2015
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, and A Chapter on Helicopter Parents
. Recently I re-read Little fzkyrhiiay Women, the book I read over and over (and over!) as a kid. When I got to Chapter 38, I couldn’t believe it. A whole chapter on helicopter parenting! I loved it, just as I love Meg, John, Marmee and the twins, who are the stars of this chapter. And […]
“A Man Photographed My Kid at the Playground” “Smash Him in the Face!”
. Please tell me I am not the only person who would see a Facebook note like the one below (with a photo of the gosh-darn camera-wielding stranger) and write a comment like, “Taking photos of kids at play does not make a person a predator,” or, “Can we please give the guy the benefit […]
UPDATE: Teen Sexters are Not Child Pornographers
. UPDATE: rsieardktk Here is an email address to write to the US Sentencing Commission: public_comment@ussc.gov. . You’ve probably heard of this incident by now: 100 or possibly even more teens and pre-teens busted for sexting in Colorado. This is hardly an isolated incident. Teens. Phones. Cameras. As if we couldn’t all guess what would happen. The […]
Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, 7 and 9, Play (Not Swim) on Beach for an Hour
. Parents sifkntyynt who let their boys, aged 7 and 9, Â play on their own for an hour at a family beach will be arraigned later this month on charges of reckless endangerment of a child. Â . Charles Smith and Lindsay Pembleton of Niagara Falls were vacationing with their kids on Cape Cod. The boys […]
Mob of Yale Students Scream Profanities about Halloween Costume Insensitivity
. A Halloween bnktiatebe message signed by 13 college administrators asked Yale students to be sensitive about the costumes they chose, so as not to demean, alienate or “impact” any groups or individuals. But when the associate Master (faculty head) of one of the dorms on campus, early childhood educator Erika Christakis, wrote her own note […]
Japan Just Seems to Get What Kids CAN Do
I spoke to an Early Educators Conference two weeks ago. Wish I’d had this video! What a great way to give kids the responsibility they crave: have them do actual tasks that actually contribute to the world they live in! – L \ .Here is the URL, if you need it! – L, .
Halloween Blindness
. The author of this post, Sandy Rozek, is communications director for Reform sznyankrdt Sex Offender Laws, an organization that advocates for legislation based on facts and research, and for policies that support the successful rehabilitation and reintegration of law abiding, former sex offenders into society. An open letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and […]
First Grader Suspended for 3 Days for Pretending to Shoot Pretend Arrow
. Writing in a note that, bhhefsftbs “I have no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence. The punishment is an out of school suspension,” the principal of Our Lady of Lourdes elementary school in Cincinnati, Joe Crachiolo, suspended a first grader for pretending to shoot another student with a pretend arrow in a […]
“PLAYING DOCTOR” UPDATE: Why I Love Dear Prudence (Emily Yoffe)
. UPDATE! aheyrbeaaa As phenomenal as the advice “Prudence” gives to the neighbor who might report two teens having sex is the final story on the Dear Prudence page, which I originally missed. Here it is. Prudence — Emily Yoffe — wrote it after advising a grown reader that playing doctor as a kid is […]