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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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Support your teacher — Support your school
I just read an interview with educator Alfie Kohn that I highly recommend. In one short interview, he clearly and logically explains the fundamental problems with the approach to public education taken not only by the Republican administration responsible for No Child Left Behind, but also continued by Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. If…
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Comin’ back atcha
The first time I was ever quoted in a newspaper, I was misquoted. It was a little thing — the writer simply misquoted a number. But it was humiliating to me — getting that number wrong made me look like I didn’t know what I was talking about. Fast forward to my life as a…
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Summer screen time
We’ve always been pretty restrictive of screen time for our kids. The first studies showing the ill effects of screen time were just coming out when my son was a baby, and TV has never become a part of our family’s life. We simply forget to turn it on. Computers, however, are another thing altogether.…
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Digital delights for the family
I’ve been noticing lately not how the digital world has been intruding upon our lives, but rather, how it’s been helping. We recently went on a long trip and I definitely noticed how our lives have been changed by digital devices and media. Connections One way that digital devices and media have changed our lives…
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More than just soccer
I have written before about how much I love the folks at Santa Cruz Soccer Camp. This year, we’re at it again. Energy Girl, a.k.a. my 8-year-old, wouldn’t dream of a summer without at least two weeks spent with Bill, Katie, and the rest of the gang out at Delaveaga Park. I don’t know what…