How to Raise an Imaginative Child (and Why it Matters So Damn Much)
When I was little, I craved escape through art. In an attempt to avoid dealing with my mother’s paranoid schizophrenia, […]
Family, Perspectives
Getting Schooled
by Lianne Castelino, www.whereparentstalk.com The whole topic of education fascinates me. Or perhaps I've become mesmerized by it by
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Saying No
By Lianne Castelino www.whereparentstalk.com From the “Disturbing but this is apparently life in 2011” file, an 8-year-old kid in Colorado
Art Imitates Life?
by Lianne Castelino, www.whereparentstalk.com Several years ago, while catching some sun by the pool in the Dominican Republic, my husband
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The Vicious Cycle
By Lianne Castelino www.whereparentstalk.com It is absolutely stunning to me the number of families I happen to know mired in
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Sleepover versus day camps
Growing up in South Africa, sleepover camps weren’t nearly as popular. Or maybe it was just me who didn’t care to
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Selfless Acts of Kindness?
By Lianne Castelino www.whereparentstalk.com There are so many wonderful reasons to take part. The joy of contributing, making others feel
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Of Loss and Life
by Lianne Castelino www.whereparentstalk.com My heart goes out to the family of Mandi Schwartz. Parents Rick and Carol. Brothers Jaden
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Seeing is believing
by Lianne Castelino www.whereparentstalk.com How many times have we not all watched tv and had this experience —- believing something