Monday- From the Archives: Interview with Lillian Firestone on The Forgotten Language of Children

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Mary Rothschild • 1 Comment

Welcome to Monday from the Archives: each Monday, something from the archives of Mary Rothschild: interviews, articles, insights. Today, the audio and transcript of an interview with author Lillian Firestone about her book The Forgotten Language of Children: A Journey in Living Authentically, originally aired on Brattleboro Community Radio in Vermont on October 18, 2011. … Continue reading →

Alternative Stories / imagination / Interview / Parents

Lillian Firestone, Author of The Forgotten Language of Children

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

Link to transcript Excerpts from the book (not included in the transcript are read at the end of the recording The work described in The Forgotten Language Language of Children: A Journey in Living Authentically is based on the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff, a teacher who appeared in Europe in the early 20th century … Continue reading →

Commentary / Grandparents / Interview / Parents / Stereotypes

Mary Catherine Bateson on the “Age of Active Wisdom”

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

Listen to Mary Catherine Bateson speak about her latest book: Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom It may seem counter-intuitive to speak about the later stages of life on a site dedicated to addressing the need for intentionality about media and young children. Mary Catherine Bateson, however, sheds light … Continue reading →

imagination / Interview / poetry

Richard Lewis on Seeing Children

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

Richard Lewis understands how to see children, to come under the influence of a focused attention with them so that he can facilitate the journey into their own imaginations and develop their own voices.He also knows the results of the alchemy of that attention: poems and exchanges that show how children, and all of us, … Continue reading →

Alternative Stories / Interview

Peggy Orenstein: What was (and was not) in “Cinderella Ate My Daughter”

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mary Rothschild • 3 Comments

Peggy Orenstein is gracious and open. In this transcript of my interview with her in late January, you’ll see that she does not stand above the fray. As a parent of a young child herself, she knows the pressures that are brought to bear by commercial interests and says that she didn’t realize how much … Continue reading →

Alternative Stories / Interview

Rachel Prabhakar: Perpective from a Jewish-Hindu household

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Mary Rothschild

Here’s another story of a family where there are intentional alternatives to the popular culture. The world is not “media-saturated” for these children. In fact, Rachel Prabhakar , who lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two daughters, ages 10 and 7, says she hasn’t had a conversation with a parent about television in … Continue reading →

Alternative Stories / Interview

Ozlem Parlak, Muslim parent

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

This interview is among those I’ve recorded that are categorized as “alternative stories,” meaning stories of families who have found ways to side-step popular culture, at least in their homes. We need these stories to offset the narrative of the “media-saturated world” and remind us that we do have some leverage. Ozlem Parlak, who is … Continue reading →

Interview