Posted in Sherry Carr Deer on Oct 3rd, 2008
My wonderful, beautiful, wicked smart son has a great imagination. And he uses it. Often. As a parent, how do *you* differentiate between exaggeration/story telling/imagination and plain ol’ lying?
N is starting to tell stories, and when I try to get to the truth, I try as hard as I can not to lead the witness. [...]
Posted in Sherry Carr Deer on Sep 16th, 2008
Sometimes the choice of daycare is hard. Not the choice of daycare facility, because that’s an entirely different conversation, but having to use daycare at all.
Difficult Choices
I’m reminded this week, of that difficult choice, as my friend goes back to work and leaves her new baby. She’s a first-time mom, and wants to extend her [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Jul 17th, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
Last [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Jun 3rd, 2008
This is something that has been eating at me for a few weeks. One of my good friends (and husband of my best friend) is a stay-at-home dad and an EXCELLENT father. I’d trust him with my kids wholeheartedly and know he’d probably do a better job of doing fun, creative activities than I would!
When [...]
