Essays, commentary and rants from Dave Taylor, single dad to three terrific kids, as he navigates the waters of divorce, single fatherhood, and parenting children ranging from 7 to 15.
One of the things I really like about Waldorf education is the attention that the teachers spend on creating a warm, inviting, classroom. Every class I’ve seen has a “Nature Table”, for example, where students bring in interesting or cool things they’ve found in the great outdoors, be it a rock, stick, leaf, snake skin, [...]
Breastmilk is undoubtedly the best source of nutrition for infants. But what if mom doesnât eat all the right things? Will her breastmilk not be good enough for her child? For years it was thought that the foods in a motherâs diet would affect the quality of her breast milk. Mothers were often encouraged to [...]
My friend Brad Feld has an interesting article on his blog asking Where has BASIC gone? He’s talking specifically about what programming language to use when teaching children how to program, but what I kept thinking about subsequent to reading his article is why most children don’t need to learn programming. Note that I’m not [...]
Did I miss the memo explaining how DDT wasn’t really such a bad thing for the environment and so therefore it’s not such a terrible thing that the World Health Organization is now encouraging third world nations to expand the use of DDT? But that’s just exactly what’s happening, according to the LA Times: WHO [...]
I will resist the urge to go all alliterative on you, so I’ll simply note that it’s not always easy to find an activity that appeals to wee ones and older kids at the same time, but we’re really lucky to have a 2yo that’s a confirmed “sidekick” of the older kids, ready and eager [...]
