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Survey: Many post children’s names online
How do you protect the anonymity of your children online? Do you use fake names or nicknames? Or do you use your children’s real names online? Consumer Reports recently found that among adult social network users, 38% had posted their full birth date, including year. And 45% of those with children had posted their children’s [...]
Just keep reading … and dancing with your kids
Read, sing, dance with this video, Gotta Keep Reading with your little and big kids. Students and faculty Ocoee Middle School in Florida made the video to promote reading — changing the lyrics to a song by the Black-Eyed Peas. Oprah Winfrey filmed a segment of her show on the school’s grounds, and announced that [...]
Gate at the stairs: Lorrie Moore rocks it
Laugh, cry, agonize, relive bad moments of mothering, lust for food, laugh at pretentiousness and answer these book club questions: What is the significance of the stairs on the book’s cover? Is Lorrie Moore criticizing working mothers? Does she teach pretentiously named courses like the ones she lampoons? Have you ever done anything that could [...]
Let the Great World Spin …
I love Philippe Petit in Man on Wire, and Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (which starts with Petit’s amazing walk in New York’s skies) captured some of the magic. Let the Great World Spin was described as “The first great 9/11 novel” by Esquire Magazine, says McCann’s site. By the way, Man [...]
Books we love … books about families, women, work and the rest
I have read so many great books lately. The best? Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, but is she criticizing working mothers? Suggesting they are always too distracted, contracting out their mothering responsibilities? Love to hear what you think. I’ve included some links from Amazon to others we’ve read. Amazon.com Widgets
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