Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Parenting

  • Nature Therapy

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    I just finished writing an article for Growing Up in Santa Cruz about non-drug alternatives for treating behavioral problems in kids. It was a fascinating subject to read about. I have a personal stake, given that we have chosen to work with our daughter’s problems by trying to find the root of them rather than…

  • In Defense of “Bad Kids”

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    When I was a child, I was small, shy, prone to uncontrollable crying and giggling, and very smart. In other words, I was a great target for bulies. I grew up in the Midwest, and at the time, the going wisdom in the schools seemed to be that “kids will be kids.” Unless a child…

  • Jumping in Head First

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    I was always a very good student, so it didn’t occur to me to figure out how I was learning. I guess I figured that whatever I was doing, I was doing it right. I did notice that I didn’t do things like most other people. When I was in college, it was fashionable for…

  • Poetic license

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    I started writing poetry relatively late in my writing life. I suppose I tried a few times when I was in high school, but creative writing was not exactly stressed in our school and we never studied poetry at all. Perhaps that’s why I dropped out! It wasn’t until I was in my thirties and…

  • Inspiration: a New Stapler

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    Yesterday my daughter and I went to Staples and bought…a new stapler. It felt a little self-referential. Anyway, she chose it (it’s pink, you might have guessed), but didn’t seem all that excited about it. Our other stapler, the one I must have brought to college with me, died. So it was time. When we…