Monthly Archives: April 2011

Encouraging Innovation and Ingenuity

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Suzita

Recently our family’s dinner conversation centered on the anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the current disaster at the nuclear power plant in northern Japan. No, not all our dinner table topics are this … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged Alan Poling, Barry Nalebuff, creative problem solving, creative solution generation, Daniel Pink, flippping, Ian Ayres, innovation, invention aptitude, Laurence Kemball-Cook, memorizing vs. synthesizing, my kid isn't creative, Pavegen, rats and land mines, rats sniff out tuberculosis, right-brain problem solving, symphony aptitude, teaching innovation to kids | 7 Comments

Five Sanity-Saving Books for Parents of Young Children

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Suzita

My neighbor Kim (see Boys Babysitting: Kim was Right) suggested starting a neighborhood babysitting co-op. In the end three families were able to participate. We arranged for one couple to care for all seven kids one evening, every three weeks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged babysitting co-op, Burton White, Gesell institute books, Jim and Charles Fay, life with young kids, Love and Logic, Lynn Clark, my kids are driving me crazy, parenting book recommendations, teach turn-taking, time-out a toy, time-out methods, timer for potty training, using timer for time-outs, using timer in parenting, when will this break from school end? | 1 Comment

Our Narratives

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Suzita

My friend Renee’s son Ben is sixteen and a junior in high school. In his freshman year he joined his school’s crew team and has been rowing with them ever since. If you are from a land-locked or water-scarce place, … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged adolescent head injury, Dan McAdams, Daniel Pink, high school crew team, narrative therapy, personal narratives, Sadie Dingfelder, teen concussion | Leave a comment

Mountain Goats and Spiderman: Using the Tools of the Mind Program

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Suzita

Over Spring Break our family visited two National Parks in Utah, Arches and Canyonlands. We stayed in the small town of Moab, where an interesting mix of ex-uranium miners and twenty-something mountain bike enthusiasts live tucked in between towering red … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family Travel | Tagged Arches National Park, Ashley Merryman, Deborah Leong, Elena Bodrova, executive brain function in kids, funding national parks, imaginative play, kids hiking, kindergarten curriculum, Nurture Shock, petroglyphs, Po Bronson, preschool curriculum, self-control curriculum, tools of the mind | 6 Comments

Monthly Archives: April 2011

Encouraging Innovation and Ingenuity

Five Sanity-Saving Books for Parents of Young Children

Our Narratives

Mountain Goats and Spiderman: Using the Tools of the Mind Program

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