I was speaking with my mother-in-law Judy over the weekend about mediums and the concept of an afterlife. To picture this conversation you have to understand that I was in the backseat with my crutches and my Air Cast and wondering how I was going to cope with the buffet-style meal my youngest chose for … Continue reading Enslaved and Empowered
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Falling on the Floor
I attended a PIAC conference this fall. The keynote speaker was Dr. Stuart Shanker, who outlined some of the differences between misbehaviour and stress behaviour. He also pointed the audience towards Dr. Mel Levine's The Myth of Laziness. It was eye-opening as a parent to recognize how easy it's been for me to forget my original parenting position which basically … Continue reading Falling on the Floor
Byte sized #2: Reply All and the Girl Guides, plus bonus Alanis
This week's Reply All, episode #28, Shipped To Timbuktu, made me cry. Find out how adults running Girl Guides, to loosely quote one of the interviewees, "saved the childhoods" of children living in a concentration camp. Not even kidding. #ICYMI: It's Gen X theme week, probably because everything is suddenly turning 20. Soraya Roberts over at Hazlitt looks … Continue reading Byte sized #2: Reply All and the Girl Guides, plus bonus Alanis
Jennifer Gruden 