Posts by Betsy
Mixed-Up Traditions
If you had any rough moments with your children over the holidays, remember that you can still go back, SAY WHAT YOU SEE and reconnect with a do-over. Here's one about mixed-up traditions: During the holiday season, I was overseeing free art time in a 5-year-old classroom. One little girl, Leah, came from a Jewish family that celebrated Hanukkah. However, most of her classmates celebrated...
Read MoreSiblings: Friends or Foes?
My sister and I (pictured) have always been best friends. Even as children, we never fought as often or as bitterly as I saw in my friends' households, or as a babysitter now in clients' homes. When I mentioned this smugly to my mother, Sandy, she responded matter-of-factly, "I did that deliberately." She told me that when she saw us arguing, she would approach the mediation from a space of "You...
Read MoreScreen Time Success
Parents hear a lot about how important it is to limit their child's screen time, a decision made difficult by how much kids enjoy it. What with all the studies and experts concluding that too much can affect everything from physical health to success in school, it's easy to panic when it looks like your child is addicted. As both a babysitter and a member of the first internet generation I have a...
Read MoreOvercoming Homework Hurdles
Growing up as a Language of Listening® kid has often given me a different perspective from my peers. Now, as an adult working in childcare, this different perspective is more obvious and useful than ever. I am proud to say, much like my mother, Sandy Blackard, the kids seen as problematic by others are the ones who endear themselves to me. I love to be assigned to these "difficult" kids,...
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