The local elementary school I attended as a child now sponsors “Walk to School Wednesdays.” If you would like your child to walk to school you merely need to sign up, pledge to have a parent or other adult chaperone, and endure the police escort. Apparently walking to school, something that we neighborhood kids did from the…
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Thanks for the Memories
In the midst of searching for something the other day, a medical record or a tax form or some other piece of the paperwork puzzle of adulthood, I came across a box of old photographs. There is something magical about sifting through old photos, from the black and white snapshots of my grandparents to the…
Micromanagement (Or Why I Decided To Back The Hell Up)
Every generation thinks the buck stopped there; thinks the generation that follows is going to be the end of civilization, the downfall of polite society, the scourge of the world. Every generation thinks they were tougher, made of sterner stuff. Every generation thinks they are the last of the true survivors. “We survived walking uphill to…
Practically Perfect in Every Way
As I was frantically leafing through my copy of How to Talk so Kids will Listen to find out just how to address my five year-old who was draped over the kitchen chair accusing his brother of torturing him with a banana, I realized that my father would have simply walked to the telephone, picked…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 