Too Much Noise
A recent study in the journal Pediatrics links background noise from tv sets and negative outcomes in young children. The 4 hour a day average was found to be linked to lower sustained attention during …
People are downright Rude!!!
Okay. So I am at the cardinal game last week, and they are starting up the home-half of the inning, with the top of the order up for the cardinals in a one-run game. And …
Dads and Daughters
I just finished facilitating a 3 day retreat with 25 father-daughter pairs at a horse ranch in California. The girls were ages 7-9 years and one was cuter than the next. I was struck with …
Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip
I have asked the following sequence of questions to over a hundred groups of people, and by people I mean teenagers, parents, and teachers. And their answers are always the same: Q: Why do you …
Let Your Kids Play With Their LEGOS!!!!!
When Nathan Sawaya was 9 years old, he asked his parents for a dog, and they said “NO!” Instead of sulking, he built a life-sized dog with his Legos, and the rest is history. An …
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
When I told people I was about to embark on a one week all girls camp for grade school and middle school girls, I heard the usual litany of dire predictions about overwhelming amounts of …
Tabeo tablets a Bad Idea!
Bad idea! Bad idea! Bad idea! What else can I say about Toys R Us’s new entry into the tablet business, the Tabeo. THIS tablet is specifically targeted to young children and at $149.99 a …