Wednesday, March 30, 2011
It can be a fine line between pulling a prank and being a bully. How should parents address this?
This Friday is every practical jokester’s national holiday — April Fools’ Day. Most April Fools’ pranks are fun and harmless, meant to elicit a good laugh but not hurt feelings. However, explaining the difference between a harmless prank and hurtful bullying to a child can be difficult. And it’s especially important, given the deep impact bullying can have. An estimated 20 percent of American youth in grades 9-12 reported being bullied on school property in a 2009 survey. For many of the victims, the bullying occurs frequently and viciously, as noted by this Connecticut teenager who took to YouTube. In the worst of instances, bullying can lead to unthinkable tragedies. So how does a parent address the difference between pulling a prank and…
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A local dad goes to karate school.
The southwest Twin Cities has plenty of places for kids to work off their excess energy during the winter months, but a lot of them tend to get pretty cold because they’re outside. One exception is National Karate's Southwest Minneapolis location on Nicollet Avenue (other karate studios can be found across the area). You’ve almost certainly noticed groups of white-clad students being put through their martial-arts paces behind the school’s large north window. That’s what attracted the interest of my son Max, then five years old. For several months, we listened to him ask us for a chance to try it out (this is how we weed out his momentary whims, but I admit that we may also be teaching him that nagging works). When we brought him in for a …
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
One mom's experience and advice for people moving to the Twin Cities.
Moving to Minnesota came as a big shock to me, having never lived north of the Mason-Dixon Line. I had no idea what lutefisk was, but it sounded strange enough to be a natural deterrent. I was scared by the size of our furnace — in the South, we just don’t need furnaces this size. I was surprised that your nose hair really could freeze in -16 degree temperatures within a matter of seconds. I learned quickly to add on an extra 15 minutes of prep time so that we could put on all requisite coats, boots, mittens, hats and ski pants – the family is getting faster with practice and age. And with my dog, I learned that frozen poop is easier to pick up than waiting for it to thaw out — totally gross. But moving here three years ago has been a…
Caitlin Burgess
8:24 pm on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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