PODCAST
Louise Kuo
February 5, 2014 — Haley Kilpatrick with Louise Kuo Habakus and Alison MacNeil See on Amazon Remember middle school? Most of us are immediately transported to the corner of Lord of the Flies and Mean Girls. Haley Kilpatrick, the author of The Drama Years, tells parents of tweens to pay close attention. There’s a lot […]...
MOTHERHOOD
Louise Kuo
Late Saturday, we buried our pet gerbil, with tears and sweet stories. My boys had taken very good care of him. I was moved by their compassion and deep sadness. Yesterday, I woke up and read the lead story on CNN.com. Yet another young bullied person committed suicide. The juxtaposition of these two events was […]...
MOTHERHOOD
Louise Kuo
When my boys were ready, I didn’t focus on a wide range of school choices. I had preconceived notions about the kind of place they should attend. These ideas were shaped by my own experience. My father worked for IBM. We moved a lot, and I attended many kinds of schools (public, private, boarding, alternative) […]...
MOTHERHOOD
Louise Kuo
School… then I remember elementary school. It was my world. My parents took great care in raising me, but they knew little about my day to day reality in school. They met my friends and attended teacher conferences. They heard occasional tales of woe, boredom, or triumph, which punctuated a seemingly uninterrupted sequence of days between early […]...
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