Guess Whose Children Are Deprived

May 31st, 2008 by admin

By Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller

 Robert White and Ernesto Gonzalez live on the same street. They work for competing insurance companies and earn approximately the same salary. Both men are married and have two children in elementary school. Both men attend school conferences and have regular family dinners. Read the rest of this entry »

Multitasking Virus In Our Classrooms

May 20th, 2008 by admin

By Josh Waitzkin

A few weeks ago, I returned to the classroom of Dennis Dalton, the most important college professor of my life. From the back of an amphitheater seating several hundred students, I realized how much things had evolved at Columbia and Barnard. The lecture hall was now equipped with a wireless sound system, webcams, video projectors, wireless internet. Students were using computers to record the lecture and to take notes. Heads were buried in screens, the tap tap of hundreds of keyboards like rain on the roof. Read the rest of this entry »

Change Your Language, Change Your Relationship

May 18th, 2008 by admin

Change Your Language, Change Your Relationship
How We Say Things Does Matter
By Sharon Rivkin

www.sharonrivkin.com 
That old phrase, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me” is not really true.  Words may not inflict visible bruises like sticks and stones, but they pack a punch nonetheless.  They injure our insides, our feelings, and our self-esteem. External bruises are tangible proof that we’ve been hurt.  Internal bruises from verbal attacks are harder to prove, harder to acknowledge, and harder to talk about.  Read the rest of this entry »

My New Website - Graphic Super Site

May 16th, 2008 by admin

Well I decided to try my hand at something new. My new website Graphic Super Site has just launched. It is a free web design resource. It has just launched and I am still adding content but their is some nice design freebies available there now. So if you own a website or looking for some free design elements be sure to check it out at http://www.graphicsupersite.com.

Preparing Your Child for Today’s World

May 16th, 2008 by admin

Preparing Your Child for Today’s World:
10 Tips for Teaching and Protecting Your Child
By Paula Statman

http://www.kidwisecorner.com/ 

How do you prepare your to child to navigate safely and confidently in the world, ready to deal with situations and people he or she may encounter?  Here are 10 parenting tips to help make the journey a little more effective. Read the rest of this entry »

Jelly Mom™:The Great And Naked Houdini & His Assistant

May 4th, 2008 by admin

The Great And Naked Houdini & His Assistant
© Lisa Barker

I followed the trail of clothing down the hall. Somehow, my one-year old son had freed himself from these repressive articles.

There were the pink jammy bottoms (hey, he’s MY son and he’s secure in his masculinity so he can endure this hand-me-down), then the t-shirt…and the diaper?

Nope. Hadn’t gotten to that yet. Read the rest of this entry »