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April 2009

Beltaine Festival tomorrow at the Growing Center

April 30, 2009

When I posted my list of May events, I should have included this one, which I am leading at The Growing Center tomorrow at 4 p.m.: Wheel of the Year Festival: Beltaine A series of family-friendly festivals celebrating the turning of the wheel of the year. Through song, story, art and play we will explore [...]

Tagged as: holidays, homeschooling

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Consumer Reports vs. Attachment Parenting

April 30, 2009

I am a little late to the party in blogging about this, but in case anyone missed it, Consumer Reports took a broad swing at attachment parents this week with an article entitled Five Products Not to Buy For Your Baby. The article asserts that because there are no safety standards or good research studies [...]

Tagged as: attachment parenting, news, parenting

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Fermentation Workshop, and other May activities

April 28, 2009

The prize of my May schedule is a fermentation workshop with Sandor Katz. It’s next Friday at 2:30 at BU. His book, Wild Fermentation, changed my life. You need to pre-register for this event. If the admission fee is a too high and you’re a homeschooling family, let me know. The workshop was organized by [...]

Tagged as: food, green, homeschooling

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American Library Association's list of "Most Challenged Books" for 2008

April 28, 2009

The ALA has published their annual list of most challenged books for this year. Sadly for me, Tango Makes Three still tops the list. We bough this book a few years ago on the strength of it’s being listed here, and it’s been a bedtime favorite ever since. Somebody write a compelling, cute, offensive to [...]

Tagged as: news, reading, social justice

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Please do not shout at my bicycle

April 27, 2009

Dear Concerned Citizens, Please do not shout insults or parenting advice at me as I am biking past your car on a city street with my kids in tow. Your fear for my children’s safety is truly touching. However, if you pause for a moment, you may realize that taking your own attention away from [...]

Tagged as: bike, green, parenting

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Her name is Rio (and I'd best not forget it)

April 26, 2009

Rio: Mama, I think you are going to forget my name. Me: I would never forget your name. I named you. Rio: What if I went away from you forever? For…for TWENTY YEARS? Me: I would still remember you. Rio: I think you would forget half of my name, and you would not know my [...]

Tagged as: rio

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The (new and improved) Hungry Bag

April 25, 2009

I have this parenting trick called The Hungry Bag. I got it from a STEP parenting class and while it’s not exactly my style, it’s stood me in good stead. The Hungry Bag comes out and eats toys that are left out on the floor after clean-up time. How this works at my house is [...]

Tagged as: parenting, rio

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Clock time

April 24, 2009

IMG_3750.JPG, originally uploaded by MzMuze. Rio is interested in learning to read a clock. I noticed at MotherMirth’s house the other day a clock with extra numbers on it to indicate what that long hand was up to. Hers was elegant; my imitation of it is obviously messy. This is typical of us. This learning [...]

Tagged as: homeschooling, math, rio

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Illegal immigration costs some parents custody

April 24, 2009

Via the inestimable Ms. R, from whom I get much of my wacky parenting news: this story from the NYT tells about foreign parents losing their American-born children when they’re arrested for immigration violations. Much of the article focuses on a woman who was arrested when her son was 6 months old. During her incarceration [...]

Tagged as: news, politics, social justice

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The Sock Wars

April 23, 2009

I am, by nature, a late person. My husband is worse. So it’s perhaps not surprising that our kids also have a hard time getting themselves organized and out the door when we need to be somewhere. With Rio, this tends to express itself as anxiety about clothing. In Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Kurcinka [...]

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