Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Parenting

  • Rebirth of a nation

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    Along with approximately one million other Americans and a whole pile of foreign visitors, we decided to visit Washington, D.C. over spring break. I could almost hear the creaking of the pavement as all the weight of the crowd pressed us back down into the swamp. When last I visited D.C., Clinton was president and…

  • The health of our children

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    Science news is a little frustrating for parents to follow. Because of the nature of science, it’s always changing! If we were raising kids in the 80’s, we’d probably be dumping oat bran into everything they eat. Although this wouldn’t necessarily be a bad idea, it wouldn’t be the miracle cure some scientists believed it…

  • Homeschoolers. Will work for learning opportunity.

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    OK, so I shouldn’t have left a post called “Existential Angst” up for so long. Perhaps my readers thought I’d decided to run off to the Himalayas to be a Buddhist nun. Or decided to take my kids on a sailboat trip around the world. Or decided to sell everything and stand by the road…

  • Existential angst

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    In the past, I always liked feeling like I could just up and change my life if I wanted to. At one point I decided to take the LSAT and apply to law schools. I have to say that from my present vantage-point, I think it’s highly likely I never intended to go. I just…

  • A conference for people who work with kids with special needs

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    I spent the weekend at the California Association for the Gifted Conference in Sacramento. This isn’t a conference for people who doubt what “gifted” means, though I would guess that most people at the conference dislike the term as much as I do because of its implication of a value judgment. The conference focuses on…