…so let us start the failure revolution! We need to step off this insane model, which punishes failure or not getting it right, instead of using it to learn what works and what doesn’t. A friend of mine, who is a businessperson, told me he does not take failing too seriously. He does not go deeply into it, analyzes … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Parenting
Too easy
The other day, my daughter (11.5 years old) came to me and said: “Mom, I think you are too easy on me”. (I did not ask what she meant. It was much more valuable to leave it as an all-encompassing statement, not area specific). I only said: “I sometimes think that, too, but then you … Continue reading
Children’s time
From the book: “When my younger son was eight we lived in a one bedroom apartment in a co-op building in Brooklyn, NY. Our apartment was a small and bright place situated by a big and friendly lobby. There my son befriended a girl his age who also lived in the building, and I became friends with her mother. … Continue reading
Unschooling to College 