Category: Parenting
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Little-c creativity in our lives
Even those of us who do creative work professionally can benefit from doing hands-on, “little-c” creative projects.
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Parenting and creativity
When I was younger, I realized I had no interest in anything that wasn’t creative, and this could be a significant handicap. So if I wanted to learn how to do something, I would assign myself a task. For example, instead of using tutorials and classes to learn about graphic design software, I just started working…
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Focus on the positive
Kids learn when they feel a reason for learning: they’re having fun, they’re benefiting personally from what they’re doing, or even when they see that someone else is benefiting from what they’re doing. Kids do learn from failure, but only when it’s in the context of a challenge that makes sense to them. Kids don’t…
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My essential children’s library
School is out this week, and I am thinking toward next week: annual spring cleaning. Our spring cleaning usually happens in the summer and is largely a culling of clothing the kids have outgrown, homeschooling materials we don’t need and will pass on to others, and books. Yes, my family is part of the rare…
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The Snopes childhood
So here’s my question: Are our children growing up in a world in which the line between reality and fiction is no longer clear, in which, in fact, there may be no line? Are they growing up a world in which reality can be manufactured—-google “truthiness”—-and dismissed just as easily? If so, how will this…