The Benefits of Risk

May 20, 2011

Risk and how we think about it has always been one of my passions. I want to empower people to think about it differently. It’s very important that we be able to discuss our different choices in an open, respectful way. I hope to offer tools and facilitate dialogue about this on Tuesday. I believe [...]

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Fear is Contagious

May 6, 2011

Every group has a unique culture: Your group of friends, your neighborhood, your parent-and-me group or your pre-school. You have shared expectations and unspoken agreements about kids’ behavior on the playground, sharing, interruptions, thank yous, and more. You also have agreements about what is safe for your kids. How far can the kids roam in [...]

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Finding an Ally

May 4, 2011

A Twitter friend (yes there is such a thing), Lisa Sunbury, of RegardingBaby.com, directed me to Lion’s Whiskers and it’s dedicated to brave parenting. She knew I would love it. Read: “The more a child learns to take up his/her space in the world with respect and practical knowledge about his/her environment, the more confidently [...]

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Magical Safety or Resilient Safety

April 5, 2011

When we say we want to be safe, on the conscious level we are saying we do not want anything to hurt us, we do not want to feel pain, injury or loss.  We are deeply driven by the simple fact of not wanting to die. This leads to hunkering down, freezing, and armoring oneself. You [...]

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Between Tiger Mom and Race to Nowhere

March 22, 2011

My Middle Way Where else could I turn with the contradiction of liking both Tiger Mom’s approach (assume competence, have high expectations, it’s not all about how you feel) and loving the movie about relentless pressure, The Race to Nowhere (we are racing, testing and driving ourselves to nowhere).  In my opinion, too many discussions about children [...]

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