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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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The danger of science denial
I finally got around to watching a TED video of a talk by Michael Specter which had been hanging around in my browser for days. Someone, somewhere, recommended the video, and I’m glad I finally got around to watching it. The slogan on TED’s website is this: “Gather the world’s leading thinkers and doers, offer…
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Watch your step! A visit to Quail Hollow
This weekend we did something rare and marvelous and free: We visited the Santa Cruz Sandhills. I had heard about this tour of a sensitive eco-system at Quail Hollow Ranch that was off-limits to visitors except once a year. I didn’t know much more than that, but just the fact that so few people see…
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More on math
My friend Heddi (visit her blog, Hands-on Learning) objected a bit to my blog yesterday. I will point out a couple of things. First of all, the piece that I cited is not, in fact, an article in Psychology Today, nor is it based on research. Heddi pointed out to me that his blog entries…
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All the math she needs
I saw links to this Psychology Today piece all over the place today. Actually, I haven’t gotten yet to the digests of my e-mail lists, but I bet it’s there, too. The piece is called “Kids Learn Math Easily When They Control Their Own Learning,” and it’s all about things that I know: Kids who…
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The new green era
It’s the end of an era at our house. This morning I went out for my walk, and didn’t return with a newspaper in my hand. Instead, I came inside, got the Nook, and ordered a subscription. Within seconds, the content of the newspaper, though not the newspaper itself, was in my hand. This is…