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Should kids get suspended for playing cops and robbers?
http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=65 BAM radio network interviewed me along with Nancy Carlsson -Paige and others.
Three-, four-, and five-year-olds disciplined for scary play? That’s scary!
Which is more scary–a five-year-old with this pink bubble blower? http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/abc_gma_bubblegun_jt_130120_wblog.jpg Or the idea that a young child can be suspended from school for bringing it to school? I was interviewed for this article about the increase in school suspensions … Continue reading
How to talk with kids about the news on PBS.org
This website from PBS is one of my favorites because it gives advice by age group–how we talk with young children is very different from how we talk with kids who are ten or twelve! I was one of the … Continue reading
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Far Away from the Tigers interview with Delta Kappa Gamma Society
I’m delighted that Far Away from the Tigers won the Educator’s Award Committee Honorable Mention for 2012 for a book written by a woman that has the potential to influence education. The interviewer asked great questions! http://dkglindasline.blogspot.com/2012/06/interview-with-jane-katch.html
Talking with your kids about violence in the news
Here’s an interview I did with NPR radio on how to talk with kids about the news: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/17/daily-circuit-coping-with-newtown-school-shooting
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http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2011/10/children_and_sharing_don_t_force_kids_to_share_.html
I was interviewed for this piece about sharing for slate.com.
My Boston Sunday Globe letter on homework and play
IN RESPONSE to “Why have homework? Beneath a pillar of our education system lies a troubling uncertainty’’ by Keith O’Brien (Ideas, Sept. 17): http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2011/09/24/kids-leisure-hours-are-classroom-themselves/qS1pGGiyYIVwasAEMUkXiM/story.xml Ask any adults to tell you about their childhood days after school and those long summer … Continue reading
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Learning from Disappointment
My 92-year-old mother told me this story: “It was during the war and Morris (my mother’s husband, who would eventually be my dad) was overseas. It was my birthday and I was upstairs and I heard the telegram man say … Continue reading
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What to do this summer? Leave time for play!
Remember those long golden summer days when you played from morning until the sun went down? Maybe you were playing house with siblings, playing ball games in the neighborhood, digging in the sandbox at the playground–these experiences of play with … Continue reading
Far Away from the Tigers 
