oh, self discipline.\u00a0 I love how you’re getting me to stay at my desk and burn through my work, but it saddens me how this leaves us less time for joyful exercise!\u00a0 And when we are getting our workout groove on, the desk work feels utterly protracted!\u00a0 What to do?<\/p>\n
Questions for the ages.<\/p>\n
Here are some links for my pals …first … a link sourced from today’s webinar by the Children’s Screen Time Action Network<\/a> (thanks, friends!) … please read this from the Atlantic …\u00a0an article about distracted parenting<\/a>.\u00a0 This is what my research is about, and it is reeeeeeeally real.\u00a0 \u00a0We watched a short version of this documentary<\/a>, and I defo want more.\u00a0 The session also reminded me of this excellent article by Richard Freed, which we’ve linked to before but WHAT THE HECK, here it is again<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Digital detox, you say?\u00a0 Here is a how-to<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, here is a link to the site of a group called Defending the Early Years<\/a> (sheesh, someone’s got to …) and OH here is another article from the Atlantic, this one about whether we should trust Alexa <\/a>\u00a0(which I think of as beginner AI … so the answer to the trust question is: of course not!).\u00a0 Even so-called safe education based platforms wind up exposing inappropriate stuff <\/a>\u00a0to kids<\/p>\n If you are not already subscribed to the excellent Evolutionary Parenting newsletter, check out some of their juicy goodness here<\/a>\u00a0and this is a chirpy little article about sexism in childcare<\/a> (what comes first?\u00a0 The undervaluing of children, the mostly female workforce, or the low wages and status?)<\/p>\n If you’ve the strength, read this article from Scientific American, it’s about downplaying competition and upholding growth mindsets<\/a> in education, and finally, here is an article I wrote a few years back for OHbaby!<\/a>\u00a0 It’s humbling, because I have taken on more extra-curriculars than I had on my plate even then, so I reckon I am super un-fun-mum most of the times these days.\u00a0 Join me in a deep sigh, will ya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" oh, self discipline.\u00a0 I love how you’re getting me to stay at my desk and burn through my work, but it saddens me how this leaves us less time for joyful exercise!\u00a0 And when we are getting our workout groove … Continue reading