Tag Archives: strong female characters

Restoree – Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey is probably best known for her fantasy series Dragonriders of Pern series, but she’s written many more wonderful books based on other worlds. Restoree came out in in 1967 and was McCafffrey’s first published book. McCaffrey changed the field of science fiction and fantasy with her strong female characters. In Restoree, Sara is a twenty-one year old woman who recently left home for New York City. In Central Park she is abducted by an alien race, the Mil. The Mil skin their captures alive. Other than traces of light, inexplicable things, and nightmare, that’s all she remembers for … Continue reading →

Toddlers and Hair-Pulling

With toddlers and preschoolers, there can be all sorts of sudden physical behaviors that cause grief—biting, hitting, and slapping can go hand-in-hand with temper tantrums. Hair-pulling is another one of those physical, lashing-out behaviors that can be tough to control and stop with the preschool set. There is a difference between the curious and absent-minded hair pulling that a baby does—wrapping his fingers in someone’s hair and giving it a tug—and the purposeful gripping and yanking that an angry toddler or preschooler can do. As a parent, we might find it tough to stop that impulsive behavior and not only … Continue reading →