from Melissa Bollow Tempel at Rethinking Schools, “It’s Okay to Be Neither: Teaching that Supports Gender-Variant Children” Unfortunately, it wasn’t until I had a child dealing with gender variance (defined as “behavior or gender expression that does not conform to dominant gender norms of male and female”) in my classroom that I realized how important [...]
Another installment in the working/parenting series. I didn’t leave a tenured position as a college professor to “stay at home” with my child and “not work.” I left because I felt my body scream against the thought of not being with my child, and because I wanted to write. I wanted to write, and not the [...]
Child A is engaging, curious, outgoing and confident in social interactions with adults, affectionate, and thoughtful. He is strong and brave on playgrounds; at five, he can walk nearly five miles on his own. He has an almost-unbelievable mastery of the English language. He is very very verbal, hilarious, able to remember virtually everything with [...]
Another installment in the working/parenting series. Hi First the Egg readers! Isn’t Molly awesome?! So a big thank you to her for including me in this amazing array of parents writing about working and parenting. I am Jessica Montalino (my last name is a pseudonym). I live in Western Massachusetts, with my partner Ron and my wild and boisterous [...]
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links for thought, January 2012 (1 of 2)
from Nancy Carter and Christine Silver in The Washington Post, “For women in business, the squeaky wheel doesn’t get the grease” Catalyst found that, among those who had moved on from their first post-MBA job, there was no significant difference in the proportion of women and men who asked for increased compensation or a higher position. [...]