Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; In the sitcom Seinfeld, the character Elaine Benes is annoyed that a friend doesn't think she's up to being a babysitter: "I couldn't raise a kid? C'mon, I love bossing people around."She, of course, finds out that bossing kids around is...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; "No climbing to the top!"When our daughter was in kindergarten, her school installed an amazing rope-and-steel climbing structure. The kindergartners were forbidden from climbing to the very top, which meant that adults were always...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; They say there are no stupid questions, but I beg to differ. We hear stupid questions almost every time adults and young children are together. For instance, a child is painting at an easel, exploring color, shape, and motion,...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; We start speaking with our babies from the moment they're born. We know they don't understand what we're saying, of course, but that's beside the point. If we ask them questions, we don't expect answers. If we give them instructions, we...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; We were all afraid of Mr. Turner. He was the principal at Meadowfield Elementary in Columbia, SC, and, it was rumored, he had a wooden paddle in his office with "holes drilled in it" so he could swing it faster. Even as an...