Monthly Archives: August 2010

We don’t endorse positions on controversial topics (and we’re not now either), but we don’t want to shy away from them either. Our goal is to become a safe forum to discuss both heated and non-heated issues in parenting, ideally with scientific evidence where applicable. That said, when Penn & Teller produce something that’s clever [...]

I’m very interested in how both parenting and children’s lives change across generations, through the centuries, and from culture to culture. In that vein, I recently re-discovered this story about 4 generations of a single family in Sheffield, England. It details how far Great-Grandpa remembers traveling on his own, on foot, as an 8-year-old in [...]

It’s so nice to hear stories of people appreciating their parents, especially their mother. I’m happy to present another lovely parable of parenting from Marilyn (Lynn) Pribus, author of The Love Bucket. I can only hope that our children will think something similarly wonderful about us. THE NICEST THING MY MOTHER EVER SAID TO ME [...]

Creating “camp” on your block, oldest kids are counselors: One nifty idea to get neighborhood kids playing together NY Times: Companies w little/no exp turning around schools compete for billions in fed funds: New blood = new ideas? Or “smelling the money”? AEI urges districts to require performance guarantees or forfeit pay. Is that realistic? [...]