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On being a mother and an academic. Category Archives: life balance. The tough transition to stay-at-home mom. Posted in life balance. I’m am sure many go-getter organizational genius types are GREAT at running a household. I am much more of the spacey academic gets-lost-in-thought type. I found the endless organizing of our moving boxes, endless cleaning, endless laundry, endless cooking to be WAY too much reality for me. I started to miss abstraction. So what has changed? Gradually, the piles of stuff w...
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On being a mother and an academic. The tough transition to stay-at-home mom. Posted in life balance. I’m am sure many go-getter organizational genius types are GREAT at running a household. I am much more of the spacey academic gets-lost-in-thought type. I found the endless organizing of our moving boxes, endless cleaning, endless laundry, endless cooking to be WAY too much reality for me. I started to miss abstraction. So what has changed? Gradually, the piles of stuff were organized to an acceptable le...
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makingtherules | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. How much screen time is too much? How much screen time does he get now? No Did it keep me from playing sports, doing plays, having friends, etc? No However, when I think about the cumulative hours of my life spent watching tv, I am not at all proud. I see a huge opportunity cost in time. Do you have a strict time limit for screens for your kids (or for yourself)? Is there such a thing as TV addiction? How do you think technology is changing the way we watch TV? Blog at ...
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savedbythebell | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. How much screen time is too much? How much screen time does he get now? No Did it keep me from playing sports, doing plays, having friends, etc? No However, when I think about the cumulative hours of my life spent watching tv, I am not at all proud. I see a huge opportunity cost in time. Do you have a strict time limit for screens for your kids (or for yourself)? Is there such a thing as TV addiction? How do you think technology is changing the way we watch TV? Blog at ...
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On being a mother and an academic. 6 UNsurprising sources of stress. Recently, the Washington Post published an article by Erinn Bucklan on 6 Surprising Sources of Stress – and how to do away with them. Next was working with high strung people. That can be stressful? I need to take it down a notch and stop taking everything so seriously! Time for a massage (sidebar – I desperately miss the massage places in Buford Highway. Where else can you get a 1 hour foot massage for $20! It’s meditate,….
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television | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. How much screen time is too much? How much screen time does he get now? No Did it keep me from playing sports, doing plays, having friends, etc? No However, when I think about the cumulative hours of my life spent watching tv, I am not at all proud. I see a huge opportunity cost in time. Do you have a strict time limit for screens for your kids (or for yourself)? Is there such a thing as TV addiction? How do you think technology is changing the way we watch TV? Create a...
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motherhood | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. How much screen time is too much? How much screen time does he get now? No Did it keep me from playing sports, doing plays, having friends, etc? No However, when I think about the cumulative hours of my life spent watching tv, I am not at all proud. I see a huge opportunity cost in time. Do you have a strict time limit for screens for your kids (or for yourself)? Is there such a thing as TV addiction? How do you think technology is changing the way we watch TV? I may be...
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Uncategorized | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. How much screen time is too much? How much screen time does he get now? No Did it keep me from playing sports, doing plays, having friends, etc? No However, when I think about the cumulative hours of my life spent watching tv, I am not at all proud. I see a huge opportunity cost in time. Do you have a strict time limit for screens for your kids (or for yourself)? Is there such a thing as TV addiction? How do you think technology is changing the way we watch TV? One way ...
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6 UNsurprising sources of stress | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. 6 UNsurprising sources of stress. Recently, the Washington Post published an article by Erinn Bucklan on 6 Surprising Sources of Stress – and how to do away with them. Next was working with high strung people. That can be stressful? I need to take it down a notch and stop taking everything so seriously! Time for a massage (sidebar – I desperately miss the massage places in Buford Highway. Where else can you get a 1 hour foot massage for $20! Enter your comment here.
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Taking tests means learning best | the phd mommy
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On being a mother and an academic. Taking tests means learning best. I was forwarded this article. Entitled, To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test) as part of an ongoing discussion on active learning for STEM classes. The idea is that active learning is more effective than passive learning. Active learning encompasses a lot of things – but fundamentally switches the focus to the student’s learning by doing. Are college freshman prepared for STEM classes? How much screen time is too much? As in s...