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Lenore Skenazy is Not Crazy
[divider] You may have heard about Lenore Skenazy’s (Author of Free Range Kids) latest Free Range Parenting Ploy: Pay Me to Ignore Your Kids. And a lot of people are calling her crazy. But before we get into that, let me share exactly what her program will offer as a benefit to your kids. The
Cleaning Pennies: An Experiment for Kids
If you are in Canada you may be crying gently into your cookies and milk over the END of the penny. That’s right, the last minted Canadian penny rolled off the thingamagig months ago. How old do you feel now, right? You are a generation that USED pennies. Dear Lord. Anyway, if your kids are
How Playgrounds Create Healthier Kids
How Fit Are Your Kids? With back to school in full swing across the continent some of us may be realizing that our kids are returning not quite as tanned and fit as we thought they might. In fact, the average North American kid seems to have a stronger knowledge of the summer’s most popular
Easy Paperback Book Crafts: It’s an Elephant!
What is Going on Here!? Okay, I’ll admit. When I saw the librarian at the local library teaching my daughter how to make this paperback book craft I had a mini aneurysm on the spot. GAH! What. Are. You. Doing. To. Those. Books!!??!!?!!? And in a library no less. And Then… Once I got over
Who Does your Hair: Kids (Boys) Play Hairdresser
That is one fab hairdo you are sporting. Who does your hair? Is it your kids? Let’s Play Hairdresser! Kids love to play hairdresser (um, don’t give them the scissors though, okay?) whether it is on themselves (dear lord, please no scissors), on their friends (um, sorry about the scissors), or on us (I hear
Double Dare: Do Something Scary
Got your Scaredy Pants on? How about swapping them for some Brave Pants this weekend? I Double Dare and Triple Dog Dare You To Do Something “Scary” With Your Kids I was emailing with Lenore Skenazy (one of my heroes in parenting and a woman I admire greatly) today and she noted that I had
Dandelions!: Dandelion Games for Kids
That’s Right… Dandelions! Friend, Not Foe Summer is almost over. (WAH!) And that means a lot of things. And one is the end of Dandelions. While fathers around the neighbourhood may rejoice that their battle with these prolific flowering weeds will soon come to a close for the season, it’s a rather sad day for
