Being a Boy
Jimmy’s so happy to be playing on the jungle gym as a special treat at pre-school. He’s jumping and running with his friends. Nothing could be better! He sees his friend, Jenny, next to him and tugs at one of…
Being a Girl
Jenny’s thrilled to be playing in the jungle gym at pre-school. It’s a special treat! Her pigtails jiggle as she jumps and plays. She begged her mother to put them in that morning even though her hair isn’t really long…
Show Horse or Work Horse?
“JFK is a show horse and I’m a work horse,” says actor Woody Harrelson in the LBJ movie and this statement slams into me. BAM. I know what I want to write about – finally. It’s been awhile since I’ve…
Pushing Your Buttons
It’s exhausting with the never-ending questions on why they have to go to bed at a certain time, why they can’t have cake for dinner, why they have to brush their teeth, why they can’t have candy, soda, or…
The Making of Adults
“I spent over 2 hours on the phone,” Greg says to me a few weeks ago, “and the colleges don’t do interviews.” “What do you mean they don’t do interviews? Don’t, as in never?” I respond skeptically. “Never.” “How can…
Hate Lives in Silence
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke This is a child and family blog. I get it. So far, I’ve been apolitical and non-partisan. Yet, I feel ignoring…
The Galapagos!
“This is no joke,” my dear friend, Nicole, says the second day of our trip among the Galapagos Islands. She’s absolutely correct. We’re yachting around the Galapagos Islands in a beautifully appointed 120-foot vessel and we’re all reaching into our…
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