by Eve Sullivan | Sep 30, 2011 | Blog
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,...
by Eve Sullivan | Sep 19, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Eve Sullivan | Aug 3, 2011 | Blog
This wonderful article just came across my screen and I want to share it with you: http://www.handinhandparenting.org/news/196/64/Scrapes-Cuts-and-Dustups-Helping-Your-Child-Heal -or- http://bit.ly/rrAjGw It begins… “Every child bumps around and gets...
by Eve Sullivan | Aug 1, 2011 | Blog
Respect for Parents Day is here and, just our luck, the eagerly anticipated resolution of the debt ceiling crisis gets top billing. For the record, here is Marilyn Dalrymple’s proclamation, which I will ask her to rename International Respect for Parents Day:...
by Eve Sullivan | Jul 27, 2011 | Blog
This from the Exchange Every Day newsnote . . . which I always find inspiring. . . a quote from Lilian Katz, the speaker at their recent conference: “The good life for our own children only be secured if it is also secured for all other people’s...
by Eve Sullivan | Jul 14, 2011 | Blog
The following message from ‘across the pond’ just popped up in my inbox and I post it here, as I am happy to help spread the word of this effort. As parents of a disabled four-year-old we found many sources of help through hearsay and purely by chance. We...
