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Boredom Schmoredom (with Toilet Paper Strips)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

It’s been a number of months since I’ve posted in this theme. Fortunately, that is not at all because the girls have stopped being creative in their play, but simply because other stuff has gotten in line to be posted … Continue reading →

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Boredom Schmoredom (with wooden blinds)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting, says boredom is the precursor to creativity. In an interview with founder and CEO of The Mother Company, Abbie Shiller, Mr. Payne suggests: Allow your children to be bored. I like to call it the … Continue reading →

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Boredom Schmoredom (with Wood and Clay)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Can you guess what these are? Of course not, right? Well, they’re the Fimo People that Xi and Echo created the other day with the help of some unemployed wooden blocks they’d picked up from the living room floor. They’ve … Continue reading →

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Boredom Schmoredom (a continuing saga…)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

A couple of weeks ago, I inaugurated a new and ongoing ritual of sorts here: celebrating some of the things our girls invent out of their would-be boredom. I say, “would-be boredom” because Bella, Xi, and Echo usually skip the … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of Boredom

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Our dear friend and business partner, Kris Laroche, has often been inspired by and inspiring to our parenting. We have traded ideas back and forth, read many of the same books, and been mutually encouraged by each other along the … Continue reading →

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