by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 12, 2019 | Being present, Family Culture, Parenting, Technology
I was at a ski team race talking to another mom and the subject turned from shredding the gnarr to cell phones and screen use. No surprise. I mentioned to this mom how phones affect my work as a substitute teacher. “Students walk into class with their ear buds in and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 15, 2015 | Being present, Parenting
We were on the first leg of our summer road trip to Idaho via the Wallowa’s and stopped for our traditional breakfast at Cousins in The Dalles, about a two-hour drive from our home in Portland. I had announced to the kids before we left, that this would be an...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 11, 2010 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
So I am at the new yogurt shop called Yo Top It in West Linn on an outing with one of my 12-year-old twins, Wesley. I try to take each of my kids out individually, and with back to school here, I wanted to have this time with my seventh grader to talk. When we walk...