Is this a coincidence?

My sixth grade girls cover their notebooks with Tinkerbell stickers. They love Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell paraphernalia is on back-backs, t-shirts and purses. This past year I noticed that Tinkerbell was bearing an uncanny resemblance to the pin -up art of Alberto Vargas. Yuck! Do you think the Disney merchandisers saw that, too? You bet they did. I think that is really creepy.


What do you think?

Happy Birthday, Alexandra!

Thirty-one years ago, on 7/6/77 our beautiful baby girl came into our family. Happy Birthday!

Bullying, the Series. Coming to this Blog.

As the school year gets underway there will be the usual stories in the news about the problems of bullying at school. There will be quotes from experts (who are always eminent) and lists of things that your child can do to deal with bullies and very little of it will be worth while. I have a different approach. Has it erased bullying in my classroom? No, not completely, but I can promise some new insights that will help both you and your child.

Here is your first lesson:

- think back to times you have been bullied and how you handled it.

- think back to times you were the bully and why you bullied someone ( bullying siblings counts) and yes, I think everyone has experienced both. Why? Here's something to think about - because bullying works and being bullied works, too.