May 20th, 2008 by admin
By Josh Waitzkin
A few weeks ago, I returned to the classroom of Dennis Dalton, the most important college professor of my life. From the back of an amphitheater seating several hundred students, I realized how much things had evolved at Columbia and Barnard. The lecture hall was now equipped with a wireless sound system, webcams, video projectors, wireless internet. Students were using computers to record the lecture and to take notes. Heads were buried in screens, the tap tap of hundreds of keyboards like rain on the roof. Read the rest of this entry »
May 16th, 2008 by admin
Preparing Your Child for Today’s World:
10 Tips for Teaching and Protecting Your Child
By Paula Statman
http://www.kidwisecorner.com/
How do you prepare your to child to navigate safely and confidently in the world, ready to deal with situations and people he or she may encounter? Here are 10 parenting tips to help make the journey a little more effective. Read the rest of this entry »
February 19th, 2008 by admin
Handling a Crisis With Kids
By Lee Woodruff, author of In An Instant
“Tell the truth,” we always say to our kids when faced with their little transgressions, white lies or downright omissions of the facts.
Yet when a bomb in
Iraq critically injured my husband, and my children needed some answers, I found myself in the difficult position of deciding just what they needed to know, what to withhold, and how to tell them.
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January 3rd, 2008 by admin
Resolve to Teach Your Kids About Money in 2008
by Jennifer Peek
Now that the hectic holidays are coming to an end, it is time for another annual tradition: New Year’s resolutions. In addition to the ones that seem to pop up every year (at least for me!), why not add one this year to teach your kids about money? Read the rest of this entry »
