As I was putting away my "Quindlen" stiff (alright, I did file some of it in the circular file!), I came across some essays that I had thought to use in my "talk." Some of them seemed pertinent to those with families and teachers, so I thought I'd use my new found skills and provide a link (!!). These are all from her Newsweek column:
"Write for your life" (1/22/07) is about journaling both in and out of a classroom setting, a respose to Freedom Writers.
"Playing God on No Sleep" was one I wanted to read about Andrea Yates, the mother who drowned her five kids in a bathtub; it was very controversial, but honest.
There are two that I really like about mothering "The Good Enough Mother" (2/2005) and "Doing Nothing is Something" (5/13/2002). The latter harkens back to the days before the scheduled childhood...
The nice thing about essays is that they are short!
Barb
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