Many years ago when I was the mother of a two-year-old child whose temper tantrums alongside moments of brilliant cognitive insights just about did me in, a fellow mom whose children were in their teens said to me: “Remember this day, a day when you’re sure you could eat them alive. But they get older, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Children'
Where the Wild Things Are
October 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Where the Wild Things Are · Books, Children, family, Musings
Tags: Children·emotions·Musings·Sendak·wild things
Health care for children is a right
September 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on Health care for children is a right · Children, Musings
not a privilege.  Although I’m not a fan of celebrity statements on political issues, I do appreciate when they use their ability to have media coverage, and they are well researched to make a statement. Today I found a blog entry by one of the actresses of Desparate Housewives talking about the need for all […]
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Mother Memory
September 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Children, family, Musings, travel
I had a delightful visit with my daughter this past weekend; just the two of us with a little time at the end spent with the grandbaby when she came home from a trip with her father.   Each visit reminds me of how time passes, and yet how important it is to enjoy the present […]
Senator Edward Kennedy and young children
August 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Senator Edward Kennedy and young children · Children, Important People, My Goals
As the media is covering from every angle, we have reason to be mourning a very important man today.  There is much much coverage, and many many articles. I would like to steer you to just one that will remind us of the champion this man was to the children of America: the children, the […]
Tags: Children·Mr. Rogers·No Child Left Behind·Senator Edward Kennedy
Book Ramblings: Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool
June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on Book Ramblings: Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool · Books, Children, Musings
    Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool written by Ann S. Epstien, PhD with a foreword by Lillian G. Katz – published by HighScope and NAEYC “….children progress from a focus on themselves (me), to an awareness of others (you), to the formation of reciprocal relatinoships (us.) (p 13)” This book does a really […]
Tags: Children·emotional development·practice·social development·teaching strategies·theory