Avant Parenting Archives
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Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
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Good people, bad people, and the rest of us
Most people aren’t out to hurt us, and we can’t live fulfilling lives acting as if they are. But there are some basic tools that parents can give their kids to help them navigate the online world.
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Talking about Internet safety
Tonight my husband and I initiated a discussion after dinner that neither of our children wanted to take part in. The topic was how people might take advantage of you or hurt you online. The kids got a little uncomfortable, to say the least. Our kids start with a pretty serious disadvantage in the “you…
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On manufactured non-controversies
The Internet is full of articles that purport to prove—scientifically!—that something in your life is dangerous and scary. The problem is, these controversies are often manufactured in order to scare people and generate clicks, and have little basis in scientific reason.
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A day that I failed
We’re doing the hardest job in the world. And until your kids are grown up and have kids of their own, it’s thankless, too. (Unless you are successful at getting your children to be polite with you, another thing I have largely failed at.) So be aware that some days will be like this. You’ll…
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Have Fun… and Be Safe… at the Beach this Summer
The most recent newsletter from Santa Cruz Parent contained some great advice about fun and safety for families at the beach. However, I noticed that it lacked one warning that I think is particularly pertinent to Santa Cruz: Don’t let your kids dig deep holes in the sand! I wrote the following article for Growing…