I’ve been watching kids sports for 12 years now and I’ve seem some crazy behavior from parents. Every once in a while, I wonder if there’s some way to channel all this extra energy and support into academics. What if parents followed their kids’ math tests like they follow their kids’ football games? Whenever I mention […]
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Child care at conferences is awesome but not for the reason you think it is. We think it helps women who have no other options for kids to attend. Really it helps all parents be closer to their kids, helping people in technology build strong families, relationships and communities. Child care helps attendance for local
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My sister sent me a message asking for some fantasy book recommendations for a tween girl. No science fiction; old school authors are ok. That’s my favorite kind of question! What did I like to read around middle school age? Here’s the list I sent. Makes me want to curl up for the rest of
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Kids on Computers is planning a trip to the Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico area in June. If you can, please join us! If you can’t, please consider donating to help the labs we’ll be working on. Most of us will be going down for a week or so. There are travel stipends available for those
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I read an awesome book last month, Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Connor Grennan that made me realize that in addition to saving the world and solving big problems that affect millions of people, we also need to make sure everyone has a champion. Little Princes is about this
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I had this misunderstanding with my 5 year old about taking notes and looking them up. “Mom, how old was I when I said my first word?” “I don’t remember, but I wrote it down, so I can look it up.” “Why?” “Why did I write it down? Because I knew you might want to
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My son broke his arm this week and had 2.5 hours of surgery this morning. Firefox kept him company throughout. (When the nurse asked him where Firefox came from, he told her “Mommy’s work.”) Firefox even keeps watch over the elevated arm. Firefox the web browser has also been a life saver. Watching movies over
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Yesterday it was implied that I might not know everything about raising boys because I wasn’t in physical fights as a child. While I am sure I do not know everything about raising boys, I was startled to think that not engaging in physical fights would be a parenting gap. I was even more taken
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My stepson’s mom has one of the most awesome traditions. She throws a Mother’s Day party every year. Every year I feel extremely grateful and honored to be included. Raising a kid across two households is not an easy thing but she makes it possible because she’s an awesome mom. (And I think we need
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Did you know that not only are there entire books on fish, but there are entire books on single types of fish? Much to my delight, my four year old sees the library as a treasure house of information. He’s not interested in the stories (although I push them every time), he just wants to
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