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An I for an iPad

iPads in schools raise questions about kids’ technology usage

Technology has infiltrated not only children’s home lives, but the classroom as well. Hundreds of schools across the nation, including eight in Central Oregon, have implemented iPad test programs that replace traditional textbooks, printed worksheets and study guides with Mac products, creating a classroom where teachers are more likely to ask students to open an […]

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Modern Moms

Is technology changing parenting?

Published in 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Baby and Child Care was second only to the Bible for overall sales for the subsequent 52 years, until 1998 when sales began to slip, coinciding with the advent of the Internet and, soon after, apps. Dr. Spock was the first pediatrician to popularize psychoanalysis for children, and to […]

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Pixels vs. Pages

How to grow a reader

It’s bedtime and my 5-year-old son Gus is searching for his favorite book. Our nighttime ritual, prompted by the scores of parenting manuals I read when he was just a baby, is our favorite time of the day. I’ve learned from both experts and experience that developing a love of reading is an important aspect […]

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