Letting go of resentment toward my mom: what it taught me about parenting
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 58 views
Letting go of resentment toward my mom: what it taught me about parenting I was standing at the kitchen counter slicing carro...
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When Does a Baby Start Playing with Other Adults
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 65 views
When Does a Baby Start Playing with Other Adults? What Non-Parents Should Know The first time I tried to entertain my friend’...
How My Child Finally Learned to Spell Mississippi (And What It Taught Us Both)
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 55 views
How My Child Finally Learned to Spell Mississippi (And What It Taught Us Both) The kitchen table was covered in crumpled pape...
Going back to school as a working mom: what no one tells you about the juggling act
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 53 views
Going back to school as a working mom: what no one tells you about the juggling act The first time I opened my laptop after p...
Why Your Middle Schooler’s Head Boy Speech Matters More Than the Vote
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 54 views
Why Your Middle Schooler’s Head Boy Speech Matters More Than the Vote The first take was a disaster. My son Leo, twelve years...
How I Tried John Taylor Gatto’s Teaching Methods in My Own Classroom
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 65 views
How I Tried John Taylor Gatto’s Teaching Methods in My Own Classroom The interruption came on a Tuesday, about twenty m...
Monday morning, 7:15 a
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 49 views
Monday morning, 7:15 a.m. I am standing in front of the open refrigerator, holding a bento box in one hand and a half-eaten s...
Why kids need to “learn it before they’re taught it” — and why “I’ll just teach you” isn’t enough
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 57 views
Why kids need to “learn it before they’re taught it” — and why “I’ll just teach you” isn’t enough The kitchen table had the u...
What a Child Welfare Case in China Teaches Us About Transparency and Protection
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 58 views
What a Child Welfare Case in China Teaches Us About Transparency and Protection I saw the headlines at 7:12 a.m., standing at...
What Made You Popular in School
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-15) 58 views
What Made You Popular in School? A Teacher Explains What Actually Lasts I was standing at the back of my seventh-grade classr...