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last edited by BillSeitz on Jul 3, 2008 1:11 am

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some notes on [Raising Our Kids] (not that we're great at it, just data here)....

totally failed at the getting-them-to-sleep-on-their-own struggle, decided (rationalized) that the structure limited their time with us enough as it is

have read to them pretty much every night from when they were toddlers

I think word/song games are great. Make up little rhymes to them, turn them into songs. Make up words to force a rhyme sometimes (hey it worked for [DrSeuss]).

when they showed interest in the little calculator built into the toy grocery cash register we'd bought them, we bought them a nicer big solar-powered calculator for $5. has been a junky for that (freaked out 's teacher one day by looking at their bulletin board and proclaiming "They're learning to count by twos!").

we take them out to eat a lot. They drive us kinda crazy but actually eat more widely than almost all their friends. And the restaurants are pretty universally kid-tolerant (heh, [Wallace Shawn] sat down next to us one night at [Noho Star]).

in typical city-kid mode, our kids probably don't do enough "sporty" (they go to parks plenty to play on the jungle gyms, but don't ride bikes much, know how to catch a ball, etc.).

we've indulged their politically-incorrect fascination with blood and gore by directing it into an interest in history, mythology, etc. Both kids can tell you about the Trojans "taxing" Greek shipping as a cause of the [Trojan War], and sat through a 2-hr [History Channel] show on the at the age of 7 just in hopes of seeing some battles...

we've let them see some movies that are rather above their age ([Master And Commander])

once they saw we bought them chess sets instead of checkers

old broadway musicals are more kid-consumable than contemporary music. We often get a movie and the soundtrack.

they have lots of toys (dang relatives) and lots of books; almost no electronic toys

no machines (other than some tiny free toys).

they don't get much access to my computers, though sometimes I let them play at typing, and once in awhile I let them use the free chess game on the

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