This article first appeared in the Boston Globe and again in the Telegram. by Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Ed.D. and Diane E. Levin, Ph.D. If people are shocked by the killings in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which follow the killings in Stamps, Arkansas, which follow the killings in West Paducah, Kentucky, and Pearl, Mississippi, which follow on the heels [Click for more…]
This post originally appeared on Diane’s blog on The Huffington Post. Boston City Council President Provides a Model for Us All On Tuesday, August 13, I had the opportunity to testify at a Boston City Council Subcommittee hearing held on a proposal submitted by the Council President, Stephen J. Murphy, banning children under age 18 from attending live cage [Click for more…]
Reprinted from Diane’s blog on HuffingtonPost.com The city of Detroit has declared bankruptcy (Globe). In the summer of 1967, I was in Detroit, with a group of beginning early childhood teachers from around the country. It was a very hopeful time. We were studying how President Johnson’s “War on Poverty” would help children and families [Click for more…]
As I am feeling the distress of the city as the rampant violence in the world has now hit Boston. Children in Boston and beyond are hearing yet again about the horrors of violence. Here are 2 items I have written in the past about how adults can help children deal with violence they hear [Click for more…]
I listen to the news about the tragedy, in Newtown, CT, with many complex emotions—deep sadness for the children and families, deep distress that another tragedy like there could happen, anger that guns are so readily available in this country, and much, much more. But one thing I’ve been hearing does hearten me—the fact that [Click for more…]