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On the Blog Post Is This Normal? Ending 'The Mommy Wars'
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On the article Letter to the Editor: Writer Supports Ginsberg, Kahn for Farmington Board on Nov. 8
Carol Lundberg
5:49 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
ReplyI wish I had read this letter a couple of days ago. I would have mentioned that if the writer's reference to "Mr. Power" is former owner Phil Power, he hasn't owned that newspaper in about seven years.
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On the article Farmington Indecent Exposure Case Goes Viral
Carol Lundberg
6:31 am on Friday, October 7, 2011
ReplyIt's a tough call. I know it was tempting to report it, but reporters and editors often have to ask ourselves who we're writing for. Are we writing for our readers, or are we writing to entertain ourselves? When in doubt, stay on the high road.
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On the article Moms Talk: School Start Times
Carol Lundberg
3:43 pm on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
ReplyHaving high school students arrive at school earlier ignores biology. I was just reading about this on the Mayo Clinic site after a family discussion about teenagers and sleep habits. (We have a 14-year-old who suddenly became a night owl.)
What Mayo says is that when a teen hits adolescence his circadian rhythms change, and he doesn't even start to feel sleepy until about 11 p.m. And teenagers need about 8-9 hours of sleep (though few actually get that, which is part of the reason teenagers are so darn moody! They're sleep deprived).
Elementary and middle school aged children are naturally earlier risers. But teenagers really do best when they stay up late and sleep late. Their brains won't be awake at 7:10 a.m.
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On the article Moms Talk: Year-Round School
Carol Lundberg
1:17 pm on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
ReplyOh yes, absolutely. I come from a family of educators, and they agree that students lose so much over the summer that teachers have to spend the first month (at least) reviewing, when they could be teaching new material. I see it in my own middle schooler - it's like summertime just sucks out all the information he had stored in his head.
Even if we had the exact same number of instructional days (though I think we do need more) breaking up time off so the students have more breaks throughout the year would be fantastic for retention of information.
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On the article Moms Talk: Summer Reading
Carol Lundberg
2:58 pm on Wednesday, June 1, 2011
ReplyUnfortunately, thanks to a serious lack of focus lately, my "to read" list is longer than my "have read" list. I have a stack of books on my nightstand waiting for me to get to them, but the only thing I've been reading is knitting patterns. But summer is upon us and my schedule gets more fluid when I'm not in charge of shepherding an eighth grader through math class.
I've had on my shelf for a while "Let the Great World Spin," which I put down after the first chapter and never picked back up. I think I'll dig into that one.
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On the article FPS to bus drivers, custodians: We accept your offer
Carol Lundberg
6:25 am on Friday, May 13, 2011
ReplyLast year the board approved a huge cost-reduction plan, and part of the plan was to reduce grass cutting by one-third. I suspect that's why some of the properties might not look the way they used to.
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On the article Moms Talk: Balancing the Budget
Carol Lundberg
9:59 am on Thursday, April 28, 2011
ReplyOne of the most important things I've done is to get serious about my savings account. It took a hit when our household got bitten by the unemployment bug. And in my opinion, the best thing we can do to save money in the long term is to have a little nest egg built up so we don't have to borrow or pay for small emergencies with a credit card.
We're also putting off getting a new car. We paid off my husband's car and had intended to just replace mine at that time, so we never have more than one car payment at a time. But instead, we're socking away what we would have paid to a bank, and when I need to replace my car, we'll have a fat down payment.
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On the article Moms Talk: Religious Traditions
Carol Lundberg
4:34 pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
ReplyI grew up in religious home. And I think it did have an impact on me. I didn't recognize it at the time but I think it did give me a sense of being connected to something larger than myself, larger than my family and the ever-so-small world around me.
But I steered away from religion - while I'm not skeptical of God, I grew skeptical of religion.
I have been sorry at times that I didn't give my son the same kind of religious education that I had. I did send him to parochial school for a few years (for the educational quality, not for the religious instruction). So I've wondered if it's too late to introduce my now-14-year-old, who has rejected the idea of religion, to God.
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On the article Taking the Lean Screen Challenge
Carol Lundberg
9:25 pm on Sunday, April 17, 2011
ReplyGood luck with this challenge (and I know what a challenge it is, as I am equally screen-addicted). Can't wait to see how you do.
Carol Lundberg
8:52 am on Friday, May 11, 2012
Hear hear! What an excellent column.
It's about time that we women stop looking down on each other for the career-related choices or necessities in our lives. Christine, you are so right. We all do the best we can for families. And I'm quite tired of being criticized by mothers who are "better" than I am because they were able to/wanted to stay home to be full-time mothers. (I can't believe we still have this debate in 2012, for crying out loud.)