I will not be making any new posts for the next couple of weeks due to a new baby. I will be back after Wednesday, June 22nd.
Read More »Prom
An article for parents regarding prom, with some helpful tips on keeping your new grads safe: http://eastmeadow.patch.com/articles/prom-and-graduation-season-safety-2
Read More »Keeping your kids safe in the summer
A link with some helpful tips: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ten-ways-parents-can-help-keep-children-safe-this-summer-123223688.html
Read More »On young adult fiction
this article discusses the debate over the darkness of some YA book themes: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/06/06/137005354/seeing-teenagers-as-we-wish-they-were-the-debate-over-ya-fiction
Read More »The anti-prom
The New york Public library anti-prom, an alternative prom hosted by the library for teenagers who do not fit into the conventional prom routine, with its expenses and conventions of tuxedos and corsages and limousines and catering halls, and golden boy-and-girl couples: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/a-prom-for-students-who-dont-want-one/
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