Category Archives: Parenting

The Year in Candy

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Andrea Voyer

Being the studious type, when I was pregnant with Jie-jie I read my way through the pregnancy, childbirth, and child development sections of the Public Library. I read somewhere (Sears and Sears, The Baby Book, I think) that if during pregnancy and … Continue reading →

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This New York Life

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Andrea Voyer

Many years ago I took a trip to Paris to visit my brother. When I was visiting the Louvre, I came across a school field-trip – about twenty 5- or 6-year-olds. There were doing a scavenger hunt, looking for objects … Continue reading →

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New York Schools, our journey from PS 397 to PS 150

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

How better to catch you up on life than beginning with the one thing that everyone with even a little experience of New York told us would be an all-consuming issue for our family: schooling for the kids. The New … Continue reading →

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Today I am THAT parent

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

Dear (Teachers), Thank you for the hard work you do teaching our child… An issue arose when she was working on the heritage assignment due Friday. I wanted to let you know about this issue so (child) is not penalized … Continue reading →

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The return of the fruit bowl

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

When we arrived at our new apartment in Sweden, we were welcomed by a houseplant and a bowl of fruit – oranges, apples, bananas and a pineapple in a simple, shallow wooden bowl. I would say that, of all the … Continue reading →

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Living Class

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

I have spoken before about our decision to not celebrate Christmas. When I last wrote about it 16 months ago, I was on the verge of something: This year Jie-jie has again been saying that she wanted to celebrate Christmas … Continue reading →

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Rethinking death

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

I am areligous, but that doesn’t mean that I am an absolute relativist. It doesn’t mean that I don’t value life and truth and hope and the reality of suffering and the virtue of delivering people from it.  It does … Continue reading →

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The logic of gun control

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

In terms of Guns and Democracy, I also want to address the issues raised by another commenter, Justin. Justin wrote: “The huge majority of gun owners keep to themselves and carry concealed unless they are hunting… there is no reason … Continue reading →

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Trusting my fellow human beings

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

I’ve had more comments than usual to my post, Guns and Democracy. Some of them were rude and insulting so they got deleted, but there have also been some thoughtful pro-gun commenters. I want to answer some of the questions … Continue reading →

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Guns and democracy

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Andrea Voyer

There was a rally in Montpelier today. The purpose of the rally was: *To encourage state legislators to introduce a bill in Vermont banning assault weapons *To support Vermont bill H124 *To express support for federal efforts, including Senator Feinstein’s … Continue reading →

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