Category: Tween Chronicals

• Oh Sh*t. When Our Kids Start Learning “Those” Words.

  We have hit new chapter in child-rearing.  E is 9.  When you are 9 and go to school on a bus or tram you find yourself surrounded by full-fledged teenagers.  And those teenagers tend to let some curse words fly. It makes me cringe every time I hear a high schooler drop some “colorful metaphors”…

  mindyqs

  April 2, 2015

  Kids, Tween Chronicals

  curse words, cursing, hard conversations with kids, parenting, parenting conversations, swearing

• Using Montessori at Home

  Before moving to Switzerland I was the administrative head at Rock Creek Montessori, a Montessori pre-school and kindergarten outside of Washington, DC in Maryland. There is a toddler room for children 18 months through 3 years and a primary room for children ages 3 though kindergarten. (Check out their website, www.RockCreekMontessori.com) Both of my children…

  mindyqs

  March 19, 2015

  Kids, Tween Chronicals

  Maria Montessori, Montessori, Montessori at home, Montessori classroom, Montessori education, Montessori home, Montessori Parent, Rock Creek Montessori

• Parenting Risk

  And while we are talking about “parenting risks” (from my articles Failure as an Option and Free Range Parenting) let me tell you a little story about letting your child take a BIG risk that, in hindsight, makes my parents my heroes. When I graduated from college I had a smooth and easy path laid…

  mindyqs

  March 12, 2015

  Kids, Tween Chronicals

  failure is always an option, free range parenting, parenting, parenting risks