Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. — Anne Herbert Whenever I make a donation, I’m always worried it isn’t enough. I think this stems from a screwed-up idea that giving sh...

Father and son Halo fans get to visit 343 Industries (the current Halo developer), and relive a decade of FPS family fun.

Some days parenting comes down to a very simple question. How do you get your kids to do something they don’t want to do? So we come up with tricks, treats, threats and cheats. Sometimes they work, then they don’t … and because there are always d...

Myself am Hell. — Satan, Paradise Lost I try to think back to before I was Nick’s age, before my father was gone, when the world was new. I remember tumbling out of bed mornings into a succession of nows. What mattered was always in front o...

It’s a fun thought exercise to think about what “technological innovation” might mean from a developmental perspective. I love the example about the age at which young children progress from using “thick” crayons to being able to manipulate the “thin” crayons. It may not be digital, but as a writing ...

Ever since I can remember, I’ve worried about knowing the right moves. As if there were a body of worldly information I wasn’t privy to, information like how much money to tip, how to find the right person when you want something, or how to...

Bloody violence has been a part of children's entertainment for centuries, so why do we need to stamp it out now?

I’m guest-posting today over at Motherese, one of my favorite blogs. You’ll find an excerpt of the piece below. To read the full post, “What is it, exactly, about the F word,” on Motherese, click on the link underneath the excer...

Every parent should watch this ... brilliant stuff about how we (the parents) and our education system is wrecking our kids ... Enjoy, Stef

I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And hooked a berry to a thread; And when white moths were on the wing, And moth-like stars were flickering out, I dropped the berry in a stream And ...