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Natalee, our 10-year-old granddaughter, mothers everything. Her younger brother. Her cousins. The neighborhood urchins. Even the cottontail rabbit which somehow found its way inside the backyard fence.
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Of all professions, it seems that it’s always open season for criticizing teachers, especially within the system itself.
Read moreThe news resonating with Freida and me over the past few weeks was not the stimulus check hitting our bank account. Nor the huge cargo ship finally coming free in the Suez Canal.
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In parts of Europe, parents hold off on formally educating children until they are “ready to learn”. In Finland, students start school “late,” receiving no formal instruction until age seven.
Read moreShould coaches be upset over a bad call by a sports official? After all they are human and sometimes make an error in judgement. Does the official receive consequences like what their error in judgement caused players and coaches?
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Here’s a conversation I recently had with my son regarding my older grandson (GS 1):
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