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Kindergartners pledge to be nice to gay students

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 2nd 2008 3:00PM

You would probably agree that it is important to teach our children to be nice to others, to be accepting of differences and to stand up to those who aren't. But do you think it can ever be too early for certain lessons? Like, for example, asking ...
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Teaching non-violence through bugs

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 4th 2008 10:29AM

In Ellie's classroom, students are each assigned special tasks each week. One week Ellie might be responsible for helping clean the classroom, another week she might be Line Leader. The pinnacle of classroom jobs is the teacher assistant position, ...
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No Name Calling Week

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 17th 2008 4:33PM

Five years ago, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) started a campaign to help bring an end to name-calling among kids. Aimed at children in grades 5 through 8, the program offers tools and inspiration intended to open up a dialog ...
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Avoiding tweener sarcasm

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Oct 24th 2007 9:48AM

Sarcasm and pre-teens. The two seem to go together like Mills and McCartney. More and more often these days I hear about some mouthy kid telling off his or her mom or dad...and the child isn't even thirteen years old. I remember when I was a ...
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Do your kids ever call you fat?

by Jen Creer, Posted Aug 2nd 2006 2:32PM

I know that children are supposed to be some kind of paragons of honesty and truthfulness. But frankly? I am a little sick of it. I mean, do they need to be honest every day? And do they need to be honest about my weight? Do your kids every tell you ...
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