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Quality schools benefit all, not just parents, kids – Bookworms and Whangdoodles – Volunteering in the schools

Having quality public schools makes people more satisfied with their community regardless of whether they have children in the schools or not–in part due to available amenities like after-hour computer labs, auditorium space, and workout facilities.

Because everyone benefits from quality public schools–even people without school-aged children–everyone should play a role in maintaining them, a new study suggests.

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/quality-schools-benefit-all-not-just-parents-kids/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=ecbf43ca36-February_202_20_2012&utm_medium=email

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Bookworms and Whangdoodles

By ELKE GOVERTSEN

Before I had kids, I had no idea the amount of time parents have no clue what they are doing. It is like Olympic level winging-it out there, and it lasts lifetimes.

The world is on much shakier ground than I realized.

The only advice I should ever give other parents is this: When you don’t know what to do, default and do something you are really good at.

For me, that is reading.

In this town of world-class athletes, I am a bookworm. But, like, a really kick-booty, extreme, backcountry, free-range, adrenaline-junkie bookworm.

Watch out.

So when it comes to volunteering at school, I default to reading.

Full Story: http://www.makeitmissoula.com/2012/02/bookworms-whangdoodles-mamalode/

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