In just less than three weeks, it will be dear FD’s birthday. Every year on this day, I think of her biological parents. more…
The Parents My Daughter Left Behind
It’s her birthday soon. I can feel her birth parents’ love.
Category: Parenting
I’m Wondering If Our Children Are Too Safe, Part 2
I’m Wondering If Our Children Are Too Safe, Part 1
Finding the right balance between your child’s freedom and her safety.
Explaining Big Things to Your Child
Your Child May Be Entitled to Services. Good Luck.
Compartmentalize, Duh
Mini-Me. Except a Girl. From China.
Time: Little Kids Don’t Believe in It
Kids and time. Yeesh.
Take a kid who normally understands what you say pretty perfectly, and try to get her out of the house. It’s a Universal Translator fail as your “Hurry up! We have to leave NOW!” reached her ears “$d%)& #0! W^ &( #%G&X@ XNF!,” if it reaches them at all.
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No, I’m Not Her Grandfather
I’ve actually been accused of being my young daughters’ grandpa less frequently than I expected, but every time it happens, it does sting. My white hair is probably the tell. All over the interwebs are articles about how my situation is part of a trend of older fathers—especially adopters. Late-blooming baby boomers like me.
I was 51 when we adopted FD. (Everybody out of the gene pool!) more…
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I’m Moving This Chart’s Clip to Red
SD’s just wrapping up kindergarten and we have come to truly hate the so-called clip-chart system her elementary school uses. Maybe you know this system, introduced in 2009 by a company called New Management as “A Simple Discipline Strategy for Promoting Positive Behavior.” It’s unfortunately been adopted by schools across the country. more…
