Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
By Katie Culver
How can one not be inspired by the Olympics?! The 10 days of coverage I’ve watched remind me of my spirited Olympic dreams. As a young gymnast, I was rapt by Nadia Comaneci (the first perfect 10!) in 1980 and by Mary Lou Retton in 1984.
Women’s soccer years ...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
By Katie Culver
Have you been to recess lately?
It just so happens that I have. Recently, I volunteered for recess duty at my son’s school. (He’s in first grade.)
There is plenty to say about recess – including that at many schools there is simply not enough of it. Some low-performing schools ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
By Katie Culver
There is not a lot of media coverage of female athletes, but when there is I like my daughter, who is five years old, to see it. I try to records as many women's sporting events as I can for her to watch.
Recently, we were watching the U.S. ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
By Katie Culver
I work – really hard – at avoiding gender stereotypes with kids so I decided to tick through what we had lined up for Christmas this year: there was the Wii for my son and an American Girl doll for my daughter. Err – I mean, a Wii ...
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
By Katie Culver
Most parents have been there: Wanting your child to try or do something so badly, knowing that she or he would just love the activity, sport, or food that you just might do anything to get them to do it…even bribery.
Is bribery OK?
Recently, for example, a mom bribed ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
By Katie Culver
At the playground the other day a girl struggled to climb up a curved ladder after my son. She was wearing sandals. Her feet kept getting tangled in her dress.
Another day, a brother and sister at the park with their grandparents were swinging when the boy jumped down ...
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