Teaching your child to receive graciously

…there’s a lot of bad ‘isms’ floatin’ around this world, but one of the worst is commercialism.”-Alfred the janitor in “Miracle on 34th Street” For the last several months, the media has bombarded our children with messages about the “best” games or the “hottest” toys.  We are told to “buy, buy, buy” so our…

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Taming technology

I’m a scientist and so is my husband. We both know the importance of really “looking” at things in our world. We want our preschooler to get out and explore, but he won’t go anywhere without his iPad. What can we do? Help your child see that his iPad is…

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