Posted by admin on August 13th, 2009 in Creativity, Middle School Boys, Teen Age Girls
I’d like to take pause for a moment to honor filmmaker John Hughes. Hughes, who died last week at only 59 years of age, directed only eight films. Most of them belong to the 1980’s but every teen movie that’s come out since the mid-80’s (in my opinion) owes a debt to John Hughes. He [...]
Posted by admin on June 24th, 2009 in Parenting
I was contacted recently by a firm that was publicizing the release of a new study sponsored by their client, Best Buy. I am not associated in any way with Best Buy OR the pr firm but I did look into the program and thought it interesting enough to pass along to you.
Evidently, Best buy [...]
Posted by admin on June 6th, 2009 in Education, Technology
Our house is a “dead zone” this week. It’s finals week for both teens – the 8th grader and the 10th grader. It’s been nice to have a quiet house for a change but the process of studying (and the preparation of the materials for studying) made me consider the implications of technology use and [...]