I don’t think I’d even heard of the concept of consent until I was well into my adult years. The idea that everyone, regardless of their status and power, has the right to choose how others interact with them, was something that had been a vague, undefined concept in my mind. I was raised at… Continue reading Consent, Before Gifting The Kids
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We All Need Play
Play has often been reserved for children and considered something superficial once our lives are filled with grown-up concerns. As an elementary school teacher, I arranged my science lessons as play-based investigations. The students would have fun exploring stable structures and quickly learn how to create a secure base with the materials. However, play is… Continue reading We All Need Play
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