http://patriciazaballos.com/2008/08/12/the-100-species-challenge/ where a mother tries to cultivate creativity and a sense of wonder in her kids—and does a whole lot of wondering herself in the process Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://patriciazaballos.com/2008/08/12/the-100-species-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-10 melissa s. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:15:56 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=154#comment-10 hi! thanks for the nice comments on my blog. your 'waldorf guilt' post cracked me up. too true! luckily, my kids are still young enough to think the ideas i come up with are fun. i'm sure that'll change very very soon. this challenge sounds fun, thanks for the tip! hi! thanks for the nice comments on my blog. your ‘waldorf guilt’ post cracked me up. too true!
luckily, my kids are still young enough to think the ideas i come up with are fun. i’m sure that’ll change very very soon. this challenge sounds fun, thanks for the tip!

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]]> http://patriciazaballos.com/2008/08/12/the-100-species-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-8 stefaneener Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:51:03 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=154#comment-8 Yeah, as much as I absolutely adore hanging out with people who share my ubergeek -- whoopie!! isn't that fascinating!! approach to life, I guess my kids find it, well, embarassing. I think my sister did for years. But hey, it's how I'm wired. I try to not overenthuse at them, but it's impossible to cut it out completely. I just say, "Hey, look at this," and then drop it. They rarely follow through on things for long anyhow, so I had very much better want to do something if I want them to do it, too. Hard balance. Yeah, as much as I absolutely adore hanging out with people who share my ubergeek — whoopie!! isn’t that fascinating!! approach to life, I guess my kids find it, well, embarassing. I think my sister did for years. But hey, it’s how I’m wired. I try to not overenthuse at them, but it’s impossible to cut it out completely.
I just say, “Hey, look at this,” and then drop it. They rarely follow through on things for long anyhow, so I had very much better want to do something if I want them to do it, too.
Hard balance.

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