Fostering curiosity in kids (and their parents) since 2011

Posts by Shala Howell

“How can someone be my friend if I don’t like them?”

At every organized function The Five-Year-Old attends, someone invariably says, “Remember, we are all friends here.” It’s a lovely idea, and one that The Five-Year-Old used to agree with completely. But lately she has started to question it, because (shhh!) she has figured out that she doesn’t actually like everyone she meets. How’s a parent supposed to help her child navigate that?

Kitty paleontology

Daddyo, on finding pellets of dried play-doh on our dining room table: “What’s this?” The Five-Year-Old, informatively: “The poop of the first kitties to ever walk…