All right mommies, help me out

[storychick]

I am setting up my online course (in a very cool teaching program called Blackboard, pretty nifty) and am pondering topics to post for discussion. My first group of parents all have infants or barely-walking toddlers. The format is primarily a discussion forum and I am encouraging people to post their own concerns and questions for discussion, but

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[mammathinks]

I like this site: http://www.askdrsears.com/

Do you have the book in mind -- the required reading? FWIW, I don't think that's too much to ask at all.

[mammathinks]

There's another one that escapes me right now -- parenting.com? Not sure.

[storychick]

I want them to pick anything, and then write a review on why it was helpful and what wasnt helpful and how well it meshes with what we know about appropriate child developmnet. I figure this will not only encourage them to read, and read critically, but also to share books that might be helpful with each other.

[mammathinks]

That's really a great idea. You're gonna rock at this, I can tell. The former librarian in you came up with that, I bet ;)

[storychick]

Honestly, I think its thinking about what I got out of DTT! lol Its the same kind of thing, only condensed and probably less gossipy. :)