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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.
About Paula SpencerI'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you can't even buy Oreos at the two wholesome groceries nearest to my home). 
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Calvin & Hobbes IS a Book!August 28, 2008
I personally dislike Jon Scieszka's (The Stinky Cheese Man) books but he's the current (and first) "national ambassador for young people's reading" -- a very useful role.
And I like what he told the LA Times: "My first tip is to include not just fiction in your idea of reading. Include graphic novels, include "Calvin and Hobbes." Third- and fourth-grade boys devour those -- and they're really sophisticated, but parents will say, 'Oh, that's not really reading.' " Man we've got some tattered C&H books around here.... |
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