Our household is made up entirely of teachers and students. The six of us tend to accumulate more than our share of papers, books, and other learning paraphernalia during the work week. It's the weekend, so that means it's time for dad to organize and recycle the week's accumulated reading material. It was during this cleaning process that I came across a book that my wife had brought home from her school, Duct Tape Parenting . The book is part of a joint summer reading program for teachers and parents in an effort to reduce a recent increase in helicopter parenting . "Well, that's an interesting title.", I said aloud, as I began flipping through the pages. The premise of Duct Tape Parenting , written by Vicki Hoefle , is the emphasis of a new set of 3Rs in preparing kids for life " in the real world ". Instead of reading, writing, and arithmetic , the challenge becomes helping young people develop skills in the areas of being more... Respectful...
Ruminations about lifelong learning.