In the late 70′s and early 80′s, there were two states a child could exist in. At school and outside. In summer, the only activities children engaged in indoors were eating, sleeping and using the bathroom and our parents encouraged us to do those things outside whenever possible. Back then, on any given summer morning…
Every day I get my daughter off the bus and every day she bounds toward me with all the confidence of a tea party Senator, aware of lots of things but still not really thinking with an adult brain. She tells me how great her day was and walks inside, plopping her hefty backpack on…
I’ve always been baffled by parents who say, “Don’t hit your sister!” then drive home their point with a swift smack to the kid’s head. I’ve seen this scenario played out countless times in department stores and restaurants and it always ends with me rubbing my head along with the teary eyed child. Now, this…
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