five reasons not to say good job…..

A couple of years ago, I passed on Alfie Kohn’s article, Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” , to a couple of parenting groups I was in.  I was actually prompted to do this because a mother in a homeschool group we participated in was a “good job” extremist.  “Good jumping. Good sliding.  Good sharing. Good [...]

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an outlet…

My husband suggested I start a blog.  He thought it would be a good outlet for me since, as he pointed out, most people don’t want to hear that their children are sentient human beings deserving of the same respect most parents think they themselves are entitled to.  Children are people??!??  *gasp*  Imagine that!  So, [...]

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