Good news about play

The Boston Globe op ed piece today 9-30-11 is ‘serious need for free play’ by Carlo Rotella, director of American studies at Boston College, and I love it! The gist: “…free play is essential to a child’s development – not only to mental health,...

Lost in Transition, no, not the movie

The Economist’s review of Christian Smith’s book Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood prompts this post. The reviewer writes that the book deserves consideration from parents, I guess so! Read on … The review ends with these words: “In the...