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Jun 10

A Summer Reading List for Raising a Globally Aware Reader

2010 1:26 AM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueAre your kids feeling bored? Are you tired of their obsession with Hannah Montana and Disney Princesses? Here's a list of books that will open their minds and imaginations to the rest of the world. Give them a...

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Mar 23

Teaching Compassion to Kindergartners

2010 12:12 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda Shiue When I was in my first year of medical school, we were enrolled in a weekly seminar and practicum called "Doctoring." We began by learning how to interview patients. After our individual interviews, we would...

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Mar 11

Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia: Hatching Young Writers

2010 11:14 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda Shiue"What about Lady Gaga?" one of the boys offered, when asked for suggestions for the protagonist of the story the class was making."She would be a great character," said the funny and talented teacher, Josh, "But she already...

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Jan 29

Have I Turned Into A Stage Mother?

2010 4:08 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueI'd never imagine myself as a stage mother. An introvert myself, I understood in my soul the terror my similarly introverted daughter must have felt as she walked into the performance space for the first time. While she...

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Jan 6

Raising Girls

2010 1:39 AM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueA recent conversation I had with a friend led me to reflect on how I am raising my two young daughters. I am someone you might expect to be rigidly and consciously raising my daughters in a nonsexist...

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Oct 27

Baby Einstein = Baby Genius?

2009 12:47 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueI was comparing notes the other day with some friends who, like me, watched an awful lot of TV in the 70s and 80s... starting with Schoolhouse Rock, Electric Company and Sesame Street, and advancing to Scooby...

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Sep 20

ECHOage Green Birthday Parties

2009 4:19 PM Posted by Jen

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Do your kids really need more stuff? Do you want less broken plastic crap around your house? Do you wish the world was becoming a better place? Then encourage your children to do an ECHOage party! "An ECHOage birthday party is...

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Sep 18

Birthday Party Etiquette

2009 11:28 AM Posted by doctorandmama

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Birthday party faux pas!True Confession: went to a playground last weekend with a friend and his kids, 5 of them between us, and there happened to be a kids' birthday party going on. It was easy enough to get our kids...

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Sep 10

A Very Cool Lunch Note Promise

2009 9:52 AM Posted by Jen

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This is a pretty awesome idea: Kraft put up a great site that gives a free lunch to a kid in need once you promise to put a note in your kid's (or a friend's kid's) lunch box. Their goal...

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Sep 8

Get Crafty with Organic Felt

2009 4:06 PM Posted by Jen

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I have no idea why, but I am always thinking of fun arts and craft projects to do when I have ZERO time to do them. Today I was thinking of making my daughter a wand out of this way...

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