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Catch me Live! ACHTUNG BABY events
In January, I will be appearing at several events to talk about ACHTUNG BABY. If you live nearby, please come out and support these fantastic venues. I will talk about how Germans raise self-reliant kids, and we can discuss how we … Continue reading
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ACHTUNG BABYs are Coming Soon!
I am thrilled to receive my copies of the Achtung Baby hardcover! These babies can stand all on their own. They will be released to the wider world on January 2, but you can pre-order. For more info and … Continue reading
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A cover for ACHTUNG BABY
My book about German parenting is coming out in January 2, 2018, but this baby already has an awesome cover. It’s big, it’s bright, it’s yellow! And watch out for those kids! Read more about ACHTUNG BABY on this site, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, books, Germany, independence, kids, parenting, self-reliance
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Toy-Free Kindergarten project
The program is based on the idea that habit-forming behaviors start in childhood. Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, drugs, education, just say no, kindergarten, prevention, substance abuse, the atlantic, toy-free
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Teaching Children to Play with Fire
On a recent article in the New York Times , I highlighted a German fire safety training program that aims to keep kids safe by teaching them how to make fire–not to stay away from it. Check it out here Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Fessler, fire, fire safety, Germany, Karawahn, New York Times
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Simple ways to give kids more free play
At this point, every parent in America has probably heard how important free play is for their kids. If you haven’t, there’s this article and this article and this article just to name a few. We know that children need to … Continue reading
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Tagged children, free play, how to, kids, parenting
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Dear America, Please Don’t Kill Halloween
Halloween is about the best thing about American childhood that our helicopter culture has been unable to ruin–yet. Despite our constant control of our children, on Halloween they can run around freely, sometimes even without their parents, and ask strangers … Continue reading
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Tagged clowns, freerange, Halloween, helicopter, kids, parenting
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Why we should be more German
I love my country, but I have to admit I miss Germany. I lived there for six years. I’ve been back in California for six months, but all the sunshine and American friendliness didn’t quite make-up for Christmastime in Germany: drinking warm mulled wine outside, the smell of an open grill cooking real bratwurst—made from pork, not those bland, beef tubes we call hot dogs.
Lately, Germany has made it especially hard for me to enjoy being home. Mainly because Germany keeps showing up the U.S. The latest blow? U.S. News Word and Report ranked the country #1 in the world. The U.S. came in 4th.
That’s right, in a strange twist of history, Germany is now the nation to follow, not America. U.S. News even said most people thought Germany was better for entrepreneurship! What? That’s supposed to be our thing.
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Posted in and my super opinion, Germany, rants
Tagged best country in the world, freedom, Germany, immigration, parenting, wurst
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Save the soil to save the Earth
A Q & A with Ronald Amundson I recently had the privilege of interviewing soil scientist Ronald Amundson for Aeon magazine. Here’s a sample below. You can read the whole thing at this link. “Ronald Amundson is professor of environmental science … Continue reading
Germans extend tech help to refugees
If you are looking for good news about the refugee crisis, you can’t do much better than a story about ordinary people using their skills to help others. I particularly enjoyed working on this article for ZDNet.com and talking to the people involved in … Continue reading
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