For parents who want to worry less and play more!
The other day I was having a long awaited, adult conversation with a friend of mine. We met when our daughters were 9 months old in a parent/infant education group and I used to live around the corner from her for 2 years. We have kept in touch and our girls still play with each […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2006 by Suzanne
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This is a subject that I feel like I’m becoming intimate with. It happens to be one of those subjects that I keep writing about because I keep reading about it—hence I think it qualifies as a trend. In this month’s “Parents” magazine there is an article called, “Preschool Pressure–Child-development experts worry that early academics […]
Posted on November 16th, 2005 by Sam
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This article, “Maybe Preschool Is the Problem?” was published in the New York Times in May of this year. This is what got my attention initially, “IF six out of every 1,000 preschool children are asked to pack up their Goldfish crackers and never return to nursery school - expelled at the tender age of […]
Posted on October 4th, 2005 by Sam
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I just read this article and thought it was interesting enough to share.
When I had my twins I was always a bit skeptical about “Baby Sign” but that was probably me just letting myself off the hook for how much time I’d have to invest in taking up this new practice. However, after having […]
Posted on September 28th, 2005 by Sam
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I’m always amazed by the differing interpretations of research data by the media.
The CDC released its first National Report on Exposure to Environmental Chemicals in 2001 and has updated it every two years. A couple of weeks ago they released their latest findings. The LA Times headline was “Dozens of Chemicals Found in Most […]
Posted on August 30th, 2005 by Sam
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Most definitely. But is it genes or environment that shape gender roles? How hard wired are our kids? Are tom boys “born” or “made.”
In a new study, which appears in the July/August issue of Child Development, researchers analyzed the effects of genetic and environmental factors on the gender-role behaviors of a group of nearly […]
Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Sam
Filed under: Daily Life, Research |