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Playground Skirmish
We were at a birthday party the other day. It’s the usual thing. Cookies and cakes, lots of fun stuff to play with and climb on. A good time is being had by all,...
Five Terrible Things My Child Has Forced Me To Watch on Netflix
My life has not been one of regrets. Sure, I wish I would have gotten over my stage fright and tried out for one of my high school plays, and in retrospect selling my...
Bed Bug 101
It starts like any other nightmare.
Everything is normal. Everything is going just fine.
Then it isn’t fine.
We were about to put our 4 year old son to bed with a snuggle and a story. I...
Sippy Cups Are The Worst
If I were one of those people who had a mortal enemy, I would have to say it is Richard Belanger. I suppose I should mention that I’ve actually met Mr. Belanger, and he...
Why We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Tell Our Children “Black Lives Matter”
I’ve always wanted to teach in an inner-city school. The second I got in front of my classroom, something amazing happened. Those kids, they weren’t just ‘the kids.’ They were now ‘my kids’. Regardless...
Parenting Advice
I am not the sort of person who usually solicits parenting advice. By that, I mean, at no point in my life have I ever had a conversation in which I asked anybody for...
Shattering the Image of Perfect Parenting
In the summer of 2007, long before I became a parent, I was participating in a teaching residency program in the City of Chicago. There, I met a fellow teacher named Chad who said...
How to Build a Bookworm, Part Four {Series}
The Personal Connection
As we have been talking about for awhile, there are a lot of ways to develop an appreciation for reading and literacy in the lives of our children. So many people fail...
The Dad Digest: Baby-Daddy Blues
Dashell Raymond Roy was born on a Tuesday. It was a beautiful Tuesday.
It is really hard to take a step back and describe the experience, mainly because it’s not about me. I suppose I...
How to Build a Bookworm, Part Two {Series}
In addition to being a middle school reading teacher, I am an avid reader. According to goodreads, I worked my way through 140 books in the last year alone. At any given moment I...