Adios, Mr. Ego!
As my son’s fourth grade year comes to a close, I sit bewildered at the passage of time. Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was Davy Crockett? I smile, thinking back… “To be honest, mom” said my then-third-grader, from the back seat of the car, “I’m not crazy about the book we’re reading aloud. It’s Davy […]
Kicking Intrinsic Motivation in Gear
Yesterday, as I emerged from my work-cave on the third floor, my nine-year-old-kiddo, Jeremy, ran up to me in excitement, “Mom! Mom!!!! You gotta come listen to this!” In a flash, he leaped over to the piano and started playing “Let it Go” from the new film Frozen. I was bewildered. We didn’t have the […]
