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Weekly Update: July 18, 2012
News and Info for 21st Century Parents
Mom auctions off Lou Gehrig’s home-run baseball (been in the family for 84 years) to finance son’s college education…
…but will she be financing a life of fun instead of study?
Is this invention for public libraries really efficient or just another killer of jobs?
Speaking of job killers, now computers are replacing reporters! (This journalism grad winces….)
Meanwhile, the economy continues to stumble along.
What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On
U.S. congressman wants to model American public schools on Muslim schools.
You Can Say That Again!
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. (Groucho Marx)
So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.
See you next Wednesday,
Barbara Frank
www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com
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Weekly Update: April 18, 2012
News and Info for 21st Century Parents
Some say the job market is getting weaker…
…while others say it’s a great year for new college grads to find jobs.
Meanwhile, in other areas of our economy, things are still slow.
Tots really don’t need to learn computer coding…
…but these first-graders are having some success with computers as learning tools.
What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On
Homeschooling means knowing your kids will get the lunch you fixed for them, not the one some government official thinks they should eat.
You Can Say That Again!
Home-based education is not an experiment. It’s how people learned to function in the world for centuries. And there is no reason to think people today can’t do the same thing. School is the experiment, not the lack of it, and the experiment is in trouble. (Wendy Priesnitz)
So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.
See you next Wednesday,
Barbara Frank
www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com
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Weekly Update: January 18, 2012
News and Info for 21st Century Parents
The average household lost $21,000 last year; in these economic times, we must teach our children to stretch a buck…
…and the banks certainly don’t make our job easier. Instead, they try to make money off our kids.
Here are some tips for young people trying to make it in this economy.
Yes, our children need to be tech-savvy, but starting them too soon can result in addiction.
Some young Americans are giving up on the U.S. and moving … to China.
What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On
Parents file a lawsuit charging teachers with making their 6-year-old son crawl inside after falling on playground ice, breaking his leg and sustaining a concussion.
Parents Who Didn’t Get the Memo
What’s worse than spoiling your kids? Spoiling them and then filming evidence of their bad behavior in hopes your video makes it to nighttime television.
You Can Say That Again!
What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children’s growth in the world is not that it is a better school than the schools but that it isn’t a school at all. (John Holt)
So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.
See you next Wednesday,
Barbara Frank
www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com
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