A good friend of mine sent me an email Thursday. I knew what it was about. I intentionally ignored it for as long as I could.
Its late afternoon Sunday, on a gorgeous Bay Area day. My husband’s upstairs struggling to get out of the Third Grade with our son and I’m checking email before we start to settle in for the evening.
And, its time to read the article…….
It’s the “Lost Child Experiment.” I
The Parenting and Teaching Dilemma
I read a really entertaining post this morning!
It was called "Parking the suitcase" from Keri Wyatt Kent of Boomer Babes Rock.
She was musing, '"The trick of parenting is figuring out how to communicate two truths that seem contradictory:
1. “You are not the center of the universe; I do not exist simply to take care of you.”
And
2. “You are precious, treasured
Bosses' Power To Check Email!
I found this in the news today....you may have seen it. We've been through this in the US and now from Sydney, Australia.
There's a story in the The Sydney Morning Herald about how the Australian government is backing legal rights to businesses to spy on their employees. Companies will be able to intercept the emails and internet communications of their employees
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Apr 17, 2008
Schools Mandating Online Safety Education?
Parents are responsible for their kids safety. Once again, people who are delegating that right to the schools, instead of handling it themselves, are in the news.
In Virginia, the schools are teaching mandatory Internet safety for all students in all grades. Virginia is not the only state doing this, either. Texas and Illinois are also teaching online
