For parents who want to worry less and play more!
Time to get down to business. As most of you know who read this blog, my husband and I started a company a little over a year ago called, Braincandy. While Braincandy sponsors “playisthework” the purpose of this blog is not to engage in marketing for Braincandy but rather to continue the conversation that many […]
Posted on July 20th, 2005 by Sam
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I wanted to post another response that my “activist” friend received from writing her senator about her concerns about the budget cuts for public programming…I do hope they mean what they say in their letters. At least they’re writing back!
Dear Mrs. Graves:
Thank you for contacting me about arts education. It was good to hear […]
Posted on July 12th, 2005 by Sam
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When we started “PlayIsTheWork.com” the idea was to continue the conversations that we as parents had been having with so many of our friends. The topics mainly centered in one area–the culture in which we are raising our children. And while our way of life, family units, society has changed over the past 25 […]
Posted on July 7th, 2005 by Sam
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I received this via email from my friend Donna, a person I respect immensely. And while it is not my intention to post about my political beliefs, I figured this one rose to the top and needed an audience.
“As you probably heard, Sandra Day O’Connor just resigned from the Supreme Court. This is an […]
Posted on July 4th, 2005 by Sam
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A friend of mine was reading the blog recently and saw my post about the NPR/PBS funding issue. Being the activist she is, she’d already written our congressman about the issue and was excited to see we were also spreading the word on PlayIsTheWork. I thought it would be interesting to share the response she […]
Posted on June 29th, 2005 by Sam
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House restores $100 million to public broadcasting: Former GOP official named CPB president. Isn’t it awesome to see that activism does have its place? The article in CNN reports that lawmakers were flooded with letters and phone calls of support. This is an important step and one that I wholly support. Go Big Bird!
Posted on June 23rd, 2005 by Sam
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