The worse of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come, most Americans felt in July 2020. That foreboding feeling is shaping U.S. parents’ concerns about their children returning to school, with the calendar just weeks away from educators opening their classrooms to students, from kindergarten to the oldest cohort entering senior year of high school.… Read More »
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Animals in captivity often display repetitive functionless behaviours. Watching my six-year-old pace the yard last week I felt a palpable grief for what he is going through. It reminded me of a haggard tiger I once saw in a zoo – not a place I think I’ll ever feel right visiting again after lockdown. he… Read More »
It’s fair to say no parent anticipated that students of all ages would be working full time from home for an extended period in 2020. For many parents of primary school students, balancing work, work from home, or the task of homeschooling for the first time, has been a very stressful adjustment. Here’s some handy… Read More »
It’s called nesting, and is a refreshingly constructive solution for divided families. The children live full-time in their home, while the separated parents take turns staying with them. But on March 31, an Ontario judge ordered that an immune-compromised Ottawa mother be given exclusive use of the matrimonial abode, citing her heightened risk from COVID-19… Read More »
As long as 7,000 years ago, Stone Age farmers in Central Europe were making and using small pottery bottles or cups with spouts. Ancient baby bottles? So it seemed — although they could have been used to nurse the sick. As the Stone Age gave way to the Bronze and Iron ages, the vessels were… Read More »