Hop over to Let Grow to read 5 very basic tips about what to do when freaking out (and the kids are home!). Click here and take a deep breath!
Author: lskenazy
“How to Talk to Your Kids About Amilia Earhart’s Disappearance” was not a thing. “How to Talk to Your Kids About #Coronavirus” articles are. These can be helpful, but you can also wing it. Experts are not better at talking to your kids than you are. Click here for my piece at Reason on how the “expert culture” can sap our confidence in ourselves and our kids.
Over at Let Grow, Tom Muir, creator of The Epic Classroom, has a lovely 90-second video about why it’s cool for kids to create maps of their neighborhood, and there’s a downloadable list of things for kids to look for and a map template too. Click here to go get ’em!
“Some parents seem to be under the impression that if their child doesn’t suffer from anxiety, then they’re not driven or working hard enough.” Read a 7th grade teacher’s essay on student life today, and what’s different from our own childhoods. The piece is at Let Grow — please click here. (And get ready for a knot in your stomach.)
“Why is my son so independent and my daughter keeps asking us to do things for her?” That’s the honest lament of a mom trying to figure out if she “made” her kids this way or not. Read her piece over at Let Grow by clicking here! Photo by Marie-Michèle Bouchard on Unsplash
Even if you are sick of the slush outside, it can be cool — literally — to have your kids make their own snow, inside. Over at Let Grow we have 7 different ways to do this — including the “how to” that interests me most: How to make your own snow globe. (Just don’t try getting it through the TSA.) Click here to start your snowy journey.
A dad talks about talking about college — and alternatives — with his high school sophomore son, 16. The son begs,”Can we stop talking about this?” but the dad soldiers on, because, “One of the reasons dealing with college can seem so terrifying is that success is defined so rigidly. You graduate high school, go to college, get a job, live happily ever after. But the truth is that most people don’t follow that path, and maybe most people shouldn’t. If a young person isn’t ready to go to college at 18, that’s not a disaster. ” Find his provocative…
It’s so easy to say “no” to kid activities that are messy, tiring, or even the teensiest bit risky. One mom decided to try saying yes. (Or at least thinking about why she was saying, “No!”) Click here to read about what it takes to change some parent-child dynamics. Photo by Craig Gary from Pexels
Messy indeed! But an amazing reminder of what kids can do when they’re interested, excited and we’re not intervening to “help” them all the time. Obviously, mom is involved here. But she is giving him a lot of Free-Range. Click here to see it at Let Grow!
We’ve updated the Let Grow Kid Card and it is gorgeous. Go to Let Grow by clicking here. Print out some cards for kids you know and love — and want to let grow!