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Childcare & Early Education

Raising Healthy Eaters

August 2, 2010
Sometimes the hardest part about getting your children to eat healthy food and fight child obesity is getting them to choose the healthy food option. Here's the behavior methods that show you the way to guide them to healthy food choices
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1 Million young kids are left alone after school.

July 30, 2010
Dust off the backpacks and dig out the lunch sacks – back to school time is just weeks away. And, working parents across this country are spending these last few weeks arranging, searching, and confirming afterschool care. Unfortunately, many parents don’t succeed in finding afterschool care for...
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Emotionally Healthy Children

July 28, 2010
A method for parents to balance empowering their children and still set firm boundaries so children become psychologically strong, healthy and respectful of others.
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Connecting at Netroots Nation

July 27, 2010
The Net is about connecting. It’s about reaching. It’s an electronic whisper in an ear that wants to know. And then wants to know more. And then wants to reach out to others. It’s about making a whisper a shout and giving form to the shout so it becomes a mighty chorus working in harmony to do something to help.
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It Simply Just Isn't Right

July 27, 2010
It simply isn't right to take advantage of new parents when they're vulnerable. But baby formula companies are doing just that. And this is especially wrong because empty infant formula advertising claims undermine evidence-based messages like "breastfeeding is best for babies." This has got to be...
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The End of Our Broadcasting Day

July 24, 2010
Back in the day, when I was small, I remember waking up too early for TV to be on. I woke up too early for TV to be on. If you are under 20, you have no idea what I just said. My brothers and sisters would run downstairs in our jammies on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons, but TV didn’t come on until 6 am, so it was possible to wake up too early.
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Blogging About Parenting and Education at Netroots Nation

July 24, 2010
Here are some nuggets from Netroots Nation: the Parents Caucus was well-attended with between 30 and 35 people. I have hosted the panel five years in a row, and this was one of the better attended caucuses, including more men and even a couple of vocal dads. It was thrilling. What did we discuss?...
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Blogging for Children at Netroots Nation

July 23, 2010
There is a universal measure. When faced with a problem, do what’s right for children. If you do what’s right for children, it’s the right solution.
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Netroots Nation Unite!

July 23, 2010
I’m going to a bloggers conference. My first. I am qualified because I write this blog. But maybe there’s something else that qualifies me. I write what matters to me. I represent 3.2 million educators in America’s public schools, colleges and universities. And when you represent people, you try to give voice to them.
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Building the Perfect Teacher

July 19, 2010
I said to the kids, “You’re building the perfect teacher. Give me a word that describes this person.”
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