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Activate Your Knowledge Networks
It’s possible to learn, up close and directly, through knowledge networks. Here’s how to activate yours. Continue reading
It Really Does Take A Village
How to build a community of support for your family. Continue reading
Posted in community, family, parenting, role models, service, volunteering
Tagged community, family, isolation, it takes a village, parenting, role models, service, volunteering
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We Don’t Need No Age Segregation
I let my teenaged son meet up with middle-aged guys he met online. Here’s why. Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, college, community, interests, learning, role models, stereotypes, success, teens
Tagged collaboration, community, interests, learning, necessary risk, online safety, role models, success, teens
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Engage The Window Box Effect
What reverses urban decay can work in your life too. Really. Continue reading
Who We Are In A Crisis
Does disaster crack us open to our better selves? Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, community, history, media, non-violence, optimism, stereotypes, trauma
Tagged A Paradise Built in Hell, collaboration, community, history, media, non-violence, optimism, stereotypes, Survivor, trauma
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We Choose Our Own Role Models
Our childhood role models play a part in shaping who we become. Continue reading
Posted in community, consequences, elders, memory, role models, selfhood
Tagged community, consequences, elders, memory, mentors, role models, selfhood
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Global Village Construction Set
DIY independence with all the comforts of modern life. Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, community, farming, geek, global, imagination, maker, optimism, peace, simple living, sustainability, technology
Tagged collaboration, community, farming, geek, global, imagination, maker, optimism, peace, simple living, sustainability, technology
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The Boy With No Toys
Could you deprive your child of toys for his own good? Find out why one mother does. Continue reading
Posted in community, elders, family, homeschooling, imagination, learning, mothering, nature, parenting, radical homemaker, simple living, technology
Tagged community, elders, family, homeschooling, imagination, learning, mothering, nature, no toys, parenting, radical homemaker, simple living, technology
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Mentor: Fancy Name For Grown-Ups Kids Need
What happened to a little boy whose desire to “do stuff” led him to hang around neighbors? Continue reading
Bringing Kids Back To The Commons
How to engage kids in community life. Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, community, elders, role models, stereotypes, teens, volunteering
Tagged collaboration, community, elders, role models, stereotypes, volunteering
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