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  • Idleness as a way of parenting.

    I couldn't agree more. I run an award-winning web site for kids, Inkless Tales, at www.inklesstales.com - endorsed by the ALA, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and RIF - heavy hitters - and the site is all designed for learning - but the site is all rigorously tested first. By kids. For fun. My own kids? We have ''do-nothing'' days. Lots ...
    Posted to Family by inklesstales on April 21, 2009

  • Corporal Punishment

    I happen to disagree with the writer, from both an experiential standpoint as well as old fashioned common sense. Obviously, for parents who practice corporal punishment there are times it is not appropriate. However, regarding its efficacy, just remember what happened back in 1994 to Michael Fay in Singapore. As a spoiled seventeen year old ...
    Posted to Family by jdrewe on September 26, 2008