The Fine Line Between Coddling and Controlling

1.17.08

My 3 year old daughter has been a clingy recluse lately. Please tell me it's just a phase. She is in dance class and swim class and has frequent playgroups. She's always been my extrovert, while my son is more introverted. But for the past couple weeks, she wants to ...

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Stifling Creativity: Screen Time, Supervision or School?

11.17.07

An editorial in The New York Times says the Dangerous Book for Boys and its follow-up, The Daring Book for Girls are about "ineptitude." The author writes, "They seem to perfectly capture a fear ... that a generation of preoccupied parents has been raising a generation of children full of ...

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