5 links to share with curious kids (week of 7/24/15)

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Best links of the week

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Our favorite links from all over.

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Interview with DIY on how Minecraft, Legos, and duct tape will prepare kids for future careers

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Must Read "Room for Debate" - Screen Time and Teens

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This Two Person Tornado of Creativity Is Bringing Pinball to the Masses

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Learn about The Cardboard Tek Instantute, bringing Pinball to the masses with a table-top system made of precision cut cardboard and customizable play boards.

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?7 Reasons I Hate Summer

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Another summer, another year, another collection of days caught like fireflies in a jar and let go again. It’s nothing we planned. It’s everything we hope for. Light slanting, days shifting, circadian rhythms tick-tocking. And it rolls.

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Helping Your Child Develop Resiliency Through Healthy Social Interest

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The healthiest human beings are those with the highest social interest. If we want to ensure that our children are emotionally healthy, we must raise them in a home where parents demonstrate social interest as a way of life.

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Parents on Social Media: Pew Research Findings 

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Motherhood: Another Country

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I can’t think of any photos of just me since my son was born. I can’t think of any at all. I take pictures of Robin and I together, a duo framed. We look straight into the sun. We show our hands to the open shutter. And in all of them, I’m cut—one eye surrendered to a field, another limb abandoned by an ocean.

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5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 7/17/15)

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8 Situations You Might Count as Dates

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My husband I have 9 or ten dates per year—tops. Unless you count the following. Which I sometimes do—and so might you.

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Apps for Parents who are Hooked on Their Phones- The New York Times

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5 New Affirmations for Parents

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All parents need a little positive thinking and self-empowerment about the excruciating, uh, beautiful job of parenting. Here are some quotes that sum it up.

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Understanding the Science About Kids and Screens

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Some say that technology is destroying childhood. Others say it doesn't matter at all. Both sides cherry pick and misuse research to make their case.

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The easy guide to explaining truly scary geopolitical events to your kids without freaking them out

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Take This Quick Survey About Screen Time and Kids

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We're asking real parents to share their family tech habits in this 60-second survey. We'll publish results on July 17.

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7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Parents

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"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" translated into less-than-steller parenting moments that we’re all guilty of.

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Alarmism is Taking a Toll on Dialogue About Screen Time and Kids

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It's easy to feel alarmist about screen time and kids, especially with headlines feeding the alarm. But most of us agree more than disagree on this topic. Let's use our common ground to engage in calmer, richer conversations about the best ways to equip our kids for the technology-driven world we all inhabit.

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Best links of the week

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See Your Children Leading Healthy Lives? Research Suggests Parents Should Look Harder. - The New York Times

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A Lazy Parent’s Guide to Summer

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It’s summer: the days are long but I don’t want spend any of those extra hours chopping or washing stuff. So I have a whole different set of summer rules.

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Do Not Call Them Oldies

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What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong? | Mother Jones

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Why Childhood Memories Disappear - The Atlantic

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