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Is Corporal Punishment School-Sanctioned Child Abuse?

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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If you’re an adult of a certain age, you probably have a memory or two of a teacher taking you or a classmate “out to the woodshed” for some classroom offense. For example, I remember a 6th grade classmate who …

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“Chinese” Mothering Isn’t for Me

Monday, January 17, 2011

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2011 is a tough time to be a parent in America.  Explaining to our children why a nine-year-old was shot and killed in a rampage in Arizona.   Managing the amount of pop culture exposure one’s child should have (if …

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