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Summer is Great for Creating Childhood Memories and Shaping Identity

One of my strongest childhood memories in summer is of the grass getting so scorched that the sharp brown blades poked into my feet as I would run through the yard. I would play in the yard and woods till I was…

Engagement is a Two-Way Street

For kids to really learn, we need to respond to them rather than just talk or project information at them. Your responses to them are powerful, even when they’re infants that may not seem to be responding or learning as quickly as you realize.

Gift Suggestions to Help Kids Explore the More “Techie” Fields

When I was pregnant, one of the things I liked doing was hounding my friends for toy ideas. On average, my friends have a masters’ degree each, some having PhD’s and a handful with “only” a bachelor’s degree. Many of them…

“Got Science?” Sticker

Interested in getting a free “Got Science?” sticker?

As the site says, take a true or false quiz that pits your knowledge against industry-funded “experts,” corporations, and think tanks. See if you can tell who’s “Got Science” versus who’s spreading propaganda…

An Extra Blink

I’ve been thinking recently about the concept of pausing before responding.

A recent article I read in Better Homes and Gardens discusses compassion, and while it didn’t directly talk about pausing before responding, the actions it suggests that parents take require that the…