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Children with higher levels of coercive discipline were more likely to experiment with marijuana. Parents involved in their children’s lives delayed and reduced marijuana use.
Now explain to me again why parents are banned from our local elementary school?
Another reason for positive discipline
BBC NEWS | Education | Childcare ’stress for toddlers’
BBC NEWS | Education | Childcare ’stress for toddlers’
Before I have to duck and run, I’ll say that ummm some of my best friends use day care– that today’s society is not set up to support families in keeping their toddlers and children close.
But might I suggest that instead of making it a goal to [...]
Endangered Culture
David Freeman’s 1st-hand Account | WWOZ
I spent 2-1/2 years in Louisiana. It was a difficult time of my life, having just “left” DePaul University’s Theatre School after one year in the M.F.A. acting program, and just a month before getting married. Amy and I stayed a year in Chicago, where I punked around trying to [...]
Hapkidoing the Court
I know as a good little liberal how I’m supposed to react to President Bush’s nomination of John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O’Connor. Evil incarnate. Rally the troops. Hold the line. Make him pay. Blah, blah, blah, blah-blah. The truth is, I see this as potentially a good thing.
Roberts is conservative, but all the [...]
The Device that rocks the cradle
I robot. . . you know, for kids!
Rant on NPR
New Age Child Rearing and the ‘S’ Word- from All Things Considered
The Dr. Phil Phenomenon
How Not to Parent- now at local newsstands.