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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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Unreasonable expectations, part 2
This is a second in a two-part piece about the current state of educational testing in our K-12 schools. The first half covered the reliability of standardized testing, whether we should be using standardized tests for younger children, and digital educational design. Click here to read Part 1. The tests don’t test what we think…
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Unreasonable expectations, part 1
This is the first in a two-part post about the new tests being administered through the Common Core. To find out more background on these tests, visit the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium. It’s that season again, the one that used to involve lots of filling in of bubbles. This spring, Google is giggling all the…
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Firmament
Most of life goes on as we plan. We make our to do lists and write events on our calendars, and for the most part we keep with the program. Occasionally I find myself deleting something from a to do list that I realize I am never actually going to do. And relatively often, usually…
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Parenting tip #324: Don’t be indispensable
When we had our first child, there were naturally things that I did better or things that my husband did better. And quickly, as new exhausted parents, we fell into a trap: We let ourselves become indispensable. It took me years to understand how dangerous this trap is. A few successes in packing snacks for…
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Forging new teacher relationships for your twice-exceptional child
Twice-exceptional children, who are both intellectually gifted and learning disabled, face a tough challenge at school. Parents can work with teachers in a variety of ways to help support their 2e students.