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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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The Play's The Thing!October 28, 2008
From the News Flash Department: Plain old free unstructured unguided play is good for kids, a British study finds. Fancy that! A child behavior consultant connected with the "Persil Free Play Initiative," which did the 2,000-parent survey, points out that too many structured activities and not having enough opportunity to play:
Now imagine your grandmother or your mother needing a national campaign to point this out to her. Writing about play for Parenting and elsewhere -- one of my favorite topics! -- I've always been most struck by how many parents now perceive ordinary play as "unproductive." Remember "Play is the child's work" ? Cliches are true for a reason.
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