These patrician girls thus policed the boundaries of what constituted acceptable elite feminine behavior in republican era China, not only amongst their classmates, but also amongst their teachers. Rosalyn did not get off easily, however, her head teacher was on the brink of expelling her but deci...
Children’s books about feelings and emotions are an essential self-regulation tool–and a must-have in any home or school library–because parents, teachers, and caregivers can use them to help toddlers, preschoolers, and kids of all ages understand their feelings. Especially those BIG feelings ...
Conversely, If you are looking for anger management books for older elementary school-aged kids, tweens, and teens, scroll down to the bottom of this list to find the best books about anger management that suit your needs. With that said, sometimes books for toddlers work just as well for ...
This river flows across page boundaries from the Paleolithic Rhinoceros sinensis hayasakai to the girl’s elementary school on the last page. The riverbed is brought to life by illustrator Nan Jun’s collages with superimposed translucent and opaque images, suggestive of the layers of sediments, ...
Parenting is not about kids, it’s about parents. If you’re not in control, then you cannot be in charge. What every kid really needs are parents who are able to keep their cool no matter what. Easier said than done? Not anymore, thanks to ‘ScreamFree Parenting’ the principle-based...
An Early Lesson about Physical Boundaries Almost 400 backers pledged more than $15,000 to bring Eleanor Morrison’s C is for Consent to life in 2018. Morrison wrote that this board book is “for babies, toddlers and thoughtful parents.” It features illustrations by Faye Orlove and was inspi...
Walking on the Boundaries of Change: Poems of Transition by Sara Holbrook. Wordsong/Boyds Mill, 1998 (1-56397-737-0) $8.95 pb Changes, emotions and questions of adolescents growing up are movingly chronicled in this collection of short poems. The first person poems show us a world of ...
As you probably know, we’ve got an election coming up here in the US, and it’s a contentious one. The stakes are high … again. This will be the first presidential election that two of my kids will get to vote in, and we’ve had a lot of conversations about the state of the...
Every year a slew of new philosophy books are published, works by or about everyone from Aristotle to Žižek, and covering subjects from aesthetics to Zen. But which ones are actually worth reading? Below we keep track of new philosophy books coming out, and try to pick out ones that ...
and environmental boundaries. Here the adult offers limited choices teaching the child about natural consequences. For instance, instead of taking a stick out of the child's hand because you're scared they'll hurt someone, you say “sticks stay on the ground. You can either play with on the...