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    What ’80s Parents Got Awesomely Right

    October 24, 2020

    You’ve probably seen those Facebook memes, “We survived the ___s!” Fill in any decade: whoever survived it is proud. But…

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    You Don’t Need to Watch Your Kids’ Sports Practices (And Everyone Might Be Better Off If You Don’t)

    October 22, 2020

    Attending kids sports practices can be a chore or a treat. For me, I loved meeting up with my fellow…

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    Colorado Dad Lets Daughter Wait Briefly In Car. He and His Wife Lose The Chance to Adopt

    October 14, 2020

    What happens when something safe is seen through the eyes of cultural prejudice, and thus declared dangerous and depraved? Well,…

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    A Grieving Mother’s Story of How Her Mentally Disabled Son Ended Up a “Sex Offender”

    October 13, 2020

    This story by Carol Nestikis, the mom of a 30something, intellectually disabled “sex offender,” is eye-opening and heart-wrenching. The sex…

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    A Perfect Headline to Drive Parents Crazy with Fear: “Boy Says Men Tried to Abduct Him”

    October 10, 2020

    THIS HEADLINE STINKS:   “Bergen Boy, 13, Says Men In Landscaping Truck Tried To Abduct Him”   You will note…

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    Autumn Leaf Projects That Aren’t Lame

    October 9, 2020

    So many times, autumn do-it-yourself projects for kids end up being things like, “Take a leaf and make it into…

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    “When Your 5th Grader Writes Like Steinbeck, We Know It’s You”

    October 8, 2020

    Here’s a plea from a 5th grade teacher who wants parents to stop doing their kids’ homework. He knows it…

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    Remote Learning and Not-Remote Sounds (and Smells) During Dad’s Zoom Work Calls

    October 3, 2020

    You relate? Here’s TV producer Michael Peyton’s take on trying to hold it together while his kids are doing jumping…

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    A Middle-School Teacher As Crazed and Confused as Her Students (and Own Kids)

    October 1, 2020

    Click here and just go enjoy a wonderful, rangy, funny essay by middle school teacher Elizabeth Peyton. She confesses to…

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    The Way to Help Kids Think for Themselves and Avoid the Lure of Polarization and Groupthink

    September 29, 2020

    It’s never too early! “Teach kids to embrace listening to different points of view,” writes Holly Korbey over at Let…

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