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Author Archives: Suzita
How to Beat Cabin Fever: The Art of Roughhousing
When our middle child, Daniel, was 3 one of the phrases we’d regularly hear was, “Will you roughhouse me please?” He was so desperate for this kind of play that it was the only time he consistently used the word … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged Anthony DeBenedet, horseplay in kids, is wrestling with my daughter bad, Lawrence Cohen, my kids wont stop wrestling, parent and child wrestling, rough and tumble play with kids, roughhousing games, roughhousing with big kids, To-Shin Do with kids, using play to teacher social and emotional intelligence
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To Err is Human: 5 Ways Your Mistakes Can Make You a Better Parent
Please tell me something like this has happened at your house too. Two weeks ago my husband Todd was sick with a flu that snuck by the flu shot mix this year. He felt terrible for over a week, poor … Continue reading
Promoting Your Child’s Passions
On our vacation to the East Coast last summer, I spent time with my childhood friend, Virginia, and her 4 kids. Her oldest child, Micah, had just turned 15 when I saw him. I don’t usually expect 15 year-old boys … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged a child's strange interests, exposing kids to new things, flow activities for kids, getting a mentor for your child, helping a child follow their passion, my daughter's after school pursuits, my kid's not passionate about anything, my son's college major, tony wagner, who knows what my kids passions are
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Trading Intangibles: The Parenting Strategy We’ve Been Waiting For
When my daughter Annie was 8½, she began noticing people’s earrings. “Mama, did you know so many people had earrings? I like the dangling kind best,” Annie informed me. Not long after she made the tentative comment, “Maybe some day … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged girl gets ears pierced, my arguing daughter should be a lawyer, negotiating with kids, parenting strategy for teens, parenting strategy of trading, Stuart Diamond, tangible verus intangible requests, trading items of unequal value, working something out with your child
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“Kids, What Are Your Teachers’ Pet Peeves?” A Creative Way to Raise Children’s Social Awareness
At my kids’ elementary school we aren’t told who their teacher will be until the day before school begins. One year, right after teacher assignments were posted, my son Daniel came to me with a look of concern. “Mama, I … Continue reading
Subways, Buses, and Backpacks: Teaching Kids Frugal Travel Skills
This is a guest post I just wrote for the Center for a New American Dream website. I bumped into my friend Sarah the other day. As we stood in the hot, dry Colorado air I asked about her summer. … Continue reading
Why Is the Transition to Summer Always Harder Than I Expect?!
One summer when my sons were 2 and 4, my sister, Heather, came to visit. At that time we lived in a small apartment near the university. Due to the size of our home and the wattage of our children’s … Continue reading
The Power of the Written Word: New Info from Neuroscience
Recently Jhumpa Lahiri wrote a striking phrase: “[S]urely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged brain reacts to reading, brain scans and reading, flow experiences, graphic biographies for kids, graphic novels for kids, hook kids into reading, how to get my kid to read more?, Jhumpa Lahiri, Karla Oceanak, my kid doesn't like to read, reading helps kids read social cues, reading improves social intelligence
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