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  • A Parenting Reality Check

    A Parenting Reality Check0

    Once again, readers, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I … just heard from a mom trying to get two other families to let their kids play with her kids in her yard for an hour a week. Unsupervised. AN HOUR A WEEK. She lives on a quiet street in quiet suburb in a quiet state. Classic

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  • A Parent’s Secret Weapon for Finding Good Children’s Literature

    A Parent’s Secret Weapon for Finding Good Children’s Literature0

    By now we’ve heard over and over again how important it is for parents to read to their children and encourage them to read on their own. Doing so: Improves family relationships. Builds vocabulary and comprehension. Increases brain activity. Arouses imagination. Yet for many busy parents and teachers, it’s hard to know which books are

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  • A Parent’s Primer On Why College Is So Pricey—and What You Can Do About It

    A Parent’s Primer On Why College Is So Pricey—and What You Can Do About It0

    All of this talk about free college and student loan forgiveness should lead us to wonder why college costs and debt are rising in the first place. Not that long ago, many of us paid for much or all of our college tuition — even at private institutions — by working campus and summer jobs.

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  • A Paper on Feminizing Glaciers?!? Academia is Broken

    A Paper on Feminizing Glaciers?!? Academia is Broken0

    Sit back and enjoy the following paragraph from the abstract of a paper published in January by the peer-reviewed journal Progress in Human Geography: “Feminist and postcolonial theories enrich and complement each other by showing how gender and colonialism are co-constituted, as well as how both women and indigenous peoples have been marginalized historically (Schnabel,

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  • A Pandemic Gap Year Is a Smart Move for Students

    A Pandemic Gap Year Is a Smart Move for Students0

    With many colleges and universities still deciding when to re-open their campuses after they were shuttered due to COVID-19, many high school seniors are thinking about taking a gap year. Putting off college during the pandemic might enable them to get the on-campus experience they desire in 2021 instead of going to school remotely this

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  • A Once-in-a Lifetime Event: Giving Our Children a Childhood

    A Once-in-a Lifetime Event: Giving Our Children a Childhood7

    I was on my way home the other day when I saw a fire truck at the local rec park. As I passed, I saw a female firefighter holding a hose and spraying water over a mob of squealing, laughing little kids. I quickly swung into the parking lot, pulled up near the rig, and

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