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Loose Parts

by Betsy on Apr.23, 2012, under Behavior, Brat-Proofing, Child development, Environmental influences, Expectations, Learning, Parenting

For years I have extolled the value of empty cardboard boxes—the ones in which your big appliances arrive—in the lives of children. You see cardboard box to be recycled; your child sees secret cave, fire station, beauty parlor, club house. But Caine Monroy has broadened even my... Read more...

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