Blogging About Parenting- GNM Parents

For over the past four years, I’ve been blogging over at GNM Parents.  Started originally b y Chris Brogan, it’s always been one of my favorite projects, where I can write about kids, parenting, and family issues that are important to me, but don’t...

The iPad- first impressions

Everyone’s talking about the iPad, and I picked mine up on Saturday. We unpacked it at the food court at the mall, and the people at the next table were very curious. We spoke about what I expected from it, and what I thought it was good for, although the proof...

Thinking About Play

The good people down at Commonwealth Academy recently put me in touch with Dr. Stuart Brown, who is the founder of the National Institute of Play.  Dr. Brown has a new book coming out in March entitled Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and...

The Cost/Benefit Ratio of Staying At Home

Julien Smith has a great video posted on his blog, featuring a lecture by Elizabeth Warren ,a law professor at Harvard Law School, discussing the gradual erosion of the American Middle Class over time. The most important points she makes (to me) are the financial...