In this month's essay, Lorraine Rice recalls when she realized her five-year-old son learned to read while playing a Nintendo game. She writes, "In the end, the technology I dreaded was what accelerated my son's development as a reader. And...
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In this month's essay, Katia Raina remembers how, as a child in Ukraine, her mother used to tell her secrets, "that she believed in God, that I was Jewish, and that I should be proud of a thing like that....
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In this month's essay, Sheila Squillante describes the struggles she faces when she creates a narrative about her father. "Whole conversations that I know my father and I had are more than murky. I can see us sitting in his...
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In this month's essay, Jeanine DeHoney vividly recalls the habits of the woman she called "Evelyn" but lovingly referred to as "mom." She writes, "I wrote about the bright red nail polish she loved, the way she always chewed Wrigley's...
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In this month's essay, A Work in Progress, Jennifer Itell remembers that after her son's birth, she had to come to terms with some preconceived notions. She writes: "I wept my way through the first couple weeks, as the parenting...
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In this month's essay, Love & Literacy in the Time of Parenting, Pam Allyn reflects on the place where technology, books and parenting intersect. She writes, "In the digital age, there is a swirling halo of fear around what technology...
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