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Powering down : Field notes from TV turn-off week

ByAbby Quillen April 27, 2009

In honor of TV turn-off week, I moved the TV to the closet on Monday morning. I like the room so much better without it, and I love that we can’t just mindlessly switch it on. I think we might have found a new home-base for it. My real challenge wasn’t dumping the TV though,…

Family life | Parenting

Welcome spring!

ByAbby Quillen March 17, 2009

Observe the equinox to help kids connect with nature, learn about other cultures, value tradition, and have fun doing it. In the stretch of years between childhood and childbearing, my husband and I got lazy about celebrating holidays. Why bother with all the decorating, cooking, baking, and buying when it was just us? We rolled…