I asked for an iPad for my birthday. I got Pandora’s Box. In the three weeks since my husband indulged me with this gift, my (almost) 5 year old daughter has fallen in love with the tablet. The first thing she asks when she opens her eyes in the morning is “Can I pleeeeease use [...]
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The iPad Ran Off With My Daughter – Do Tablets Foster or Hinder Childhood Creativity?
Posted in slow parenting, Uncategorized, tagged creativity, Ipad on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mindfulness in Storytelling: Elisabeth Rose Wilds on How to Help Kids Be Mindful
Posted in slow parenting, Storytelling, Uncategorized on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Children have much to teach us about living in the moment: they are open to the pulsing beauty of the world, which adults so often rush past. But modern childhood, with its enrichment programs and computer games, affords little time for observation and reflection. Even in the summer, I find myself wrestling my kids in [...]
A Semi-Homemade Birthday Party – Creativity Made Less Intimidating
Posted in slow parenting, Uncategorized, tagged birthday parties, creativity, homemade, parental stress on June 11, 2011 | 5 Comments »
My daughter, whose birthday falls in February, was the first child to have a birthday party of her classmates this year. Mind bursting with ideas, I invited her entire pre-school class and planned a party at home. Lest you assume I’m bragging in the following paragraph, let me say this article is about my birthday [...]
Slowing Down to Notice the Snow Melt
Posted in Bruno Bettleheim, Co-telling, Listening, Nature, Parenting, slow parenting, Story Starter, Storytelling, Winter on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great gifts children share with adults is the ability to see simple things with fresh wonder. The space to slow down, step back and NOTICE precedes revolutionary thinking. Though children practice intense observation naturally, parents often rush them past the proverbial “flowers.” For example, while I am frying up grilled cheese, cleaning [...]
New York Times on Play Movement
Posted in Parenting, slow parenting, Storytelling, Uncategorized, tagged parenting, play, Story play on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For days, I’ve been hankering to respond to last week’s article in The New York Times about the movement to get kids playing again (“Effort to Restore Children’s Play Gains Momentum,” 1/6, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06play.html?pagewanted=2 ). Despite a frenzy of pre-school applications, I’ve finally grabbed a moment…. The huge body of research out there on how play [...]
