News
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Is Quitting OK?
A few years ago, when Primary Day parents and faculty discerned the most important values we wanted to inculcate within our children, determination – our PDS value for April – […]
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The Morning Handshake as Symbol and Connection
With the coming of March and some flowers poking through the soil, we have reinstituted an esteemed tradition at Primary Day that was set aside during COVID: the morning handshake. […]
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Some Simple Opportunities of Winter
Given the cold and the dark, January and February can be challenging months for adults, with accompanying books, products, therapies, and methods devoted to more successful “wintering.” For young children, […]
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Simple Greetings Can Create Complex Benefits
When I was preparing for our recent parent book group centered on When You Wonder, You’re Learning, I rediscovered this passage: ”In 2018 a group of researchers studied the effects of […]
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Extra! Extra!: Gratitude is Front Page News!
Each Thursday evening I eagerly go online to read The Wind, the simple newsletter from Vinalhaven, the island 15 miles off the coast of Maine that we visit each summer. Twelve […]
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The Talk about Intensive Parenting
You have probably heard about a recent report entitled “Parents Under Pressure: The U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on the Mental Health & Well-Being of Parents” that warns “intensive parenting” has […]
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“A Poignant Moment”
True story from the front door the other day… “Mr. Mufson, I brought you a sticker,” and with that an enthusiastic first grader handed me a brightly colored sticker that […]
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Keeping Wonder Alive
Wide, bright eyes and exuberant hellos. Smiles, laughter, and a palpable sense of joy. Energy that literally leaned toward the doors behind me so as to gain entry to all […]
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Parents as Mangroves
We have so much to celebrate, be in awe of, and savor as we come to the end of what has been a wonderfully successful school year for Primary Day, […]