Parenting Without Borders, by Christine Gross-Loh

Once I recovered from my disappointment at reading the title, wishing I had used it first . . . smile . . . I very much enjoyed reading this new book and recommend it wholeheartedly. The take-away I find most compelling is that no one country’s parenting...

Unplugged Schools

My sister wrote to me yesterday, mentioning a recent talk in Yellow Springs, Ohio, our hometown, by Lowell Monke. A quick search took me to Monke’s article in a 2007 issue of Orion, an environmental magazine. I’ll give you the link in a minute, but first:...

Shock, fear, sadness in Cambridge and Boston

This is all quite strange. The Boston Marathon bombings, four days ago, and now the city where I live, Cambridge, Mass. – – revealed as home to the perpetrators, one now dead and the other on the run – – locked down. All I know is that we are...

USA Today ‘educating mom and dad’

If you agree that parenting education should be on the agenda in discussions of education, health care and workforce development, please read and sign our petition bit.ly/XGkgUf . The February 25 USA Today published six letters responding to President Obama’s...