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Archive for January, 2011
Conversations with Georgia: The Year of the Hedgehog
Posted in Conversations, Culture, Life, Parenting, tagged children, chinese new year, Chinese zodiac, humour, Parenting on January 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Everybody needs A Star Book…
Posted in Life, Parenting, Philosophy, Random, tagged achievements, children, Parenting, success on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In Georgia’s Star Book, we list 3 goals for each day, and every night when she gets into bed we discuss whether the goals have been achieved, and if they have….
A note to Teddy Bears and Toys
Posted in Life, Parenting, tagged children, Parenting, School, toys on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A note to Teddy Bears and Toys
If Chinese Mothers are supposed to be superior….
Posted in Conversations, Culture, Life, Parenting, Philosophy, Uncategorized, tagged children, east and west, Parenting, prof amy chua, wall street journal, why chinese mothers are superior on January 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »
then why don’t I feel like I’m the best mother in the World?
Unplugged…Parenting without a TV
Posted in Life, Parenting, tagged children, Parenting, television on January 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The idea that watching too much television is bad for children has been around for decades and if you have children you would probably have read about one of the many studies expounding the evils of children watching television. That said, it is an amazing baby sitter and the ability to keep a child quiet for a significant amount of time simply by turning on the television is without a doubt one of it’s many appeals.
Have you ever wondered though what it might be like to ‘unplug’, to live without ‘live’ television at home?
Walking in…
Posted in Life, Parenting, tagged achievements, children, Parenting, School on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
But for now, Well done Georgia!!!
Thank you Dirk…
Posted in Life, Parenting, Philosophy, tagged appreciation, happiness, life, success on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I spend all my time with the people I love most in the World. We talk and laugh and share and eat. We work for ourselves and have full control of our time we are happy with our successes and find joy in everyday.
Moving ahead!
Posted in Culture, Life, Parenting, tagged children, learning, Parenting on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It turns out, Georgia is one of two children, in her class to be sent to Mrs Wall to ‘do Maths’. The other children are apparently from the year above. And when asked what she actually did in those sessions? Played games!
Conversations with Georgia: An Elephant on the M4
Posted in Conversations, Parenting, tagged children, Conversations, Parenting on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An Elephant on the M4!
In the blink of an eye…
Posted in Culture, Parenting, Philosophy, tagged 2011, actitivities, children, Christmas on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
… Christmas tree went up
… presents started gathering under it
… the snow came and stayed for a while (beautiful but oh-so-cold at -6 degrees!)
… angel Georgia spoke her lines “…and we thank you all for sharing in our very special nativity” perfectly
… the last day of term came
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