Category: Parenting
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the Circle of Life
Only a few cards arrive for my husband’s birthday, but our kitchen window is full. Cards line the sill, and others hang from the wooden mullions that lend our Vermont farmhouse that window-pane look. Moons and lambs and jumping cows continue to trickle in–and do look out of place beside the ones poking fun of…
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H is for HOMEWORK (a teacher-turned-parent perspective)
Dear Teacher, Since you stated in your summer parent letter that, “We all agree on the importance of homework,” I thought I’d take the opportunity to offer another perspective. With the advent of your class, we’ve been somewhat concerned about how our family relationships would be impacted by school and homework. Fortunately for us, our…
Kelly Salasin 