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Fairy Tales Where Different Is Powerful

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. –Albert Einstein What are your favorite childhood memories? In our family, we built forts and rockets to the stars, wrote plays and danced in our own musicals, and spent a…

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‘The BFG’ is a Magical Adventure That Delights

Roald Dahl is a favorite author in our house so the kids were super excited to see "The BFG" on the big screen. I was also happy to see Steven Speilberg's Disney directorial debut. And I can tell you that the movie exceeded all of our expectations! Speilberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison did a superb job…

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The Descendants: How Well Do Children Know Their Parents?

*Warning: Mild spoilers about The Descendants* They live with us and see us at our best and our worst. They note when were curled up in a ball and ill, and when weve just gotten up in the morning, cranky, because we havent yet had our requisite cup of java. They witness our behavior when were happy and, in our lightness of heart, embarrass them by singing aloud all the wrong lyrics to pop songs, but only after having had that cup of java.