A Rising Tide Sinks All Boats
It's 25 years since "A Nation at Risk." What have our children learned? read more
View ArticleOn the (Red) Carpet
Ever been to a prom walk-in? The event in which seniors get their names announced and then walk in to their proms on a red carpet...behind ropes? While their sad, desperate middle-aged parents play the...
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Care for a mixed massage?
Why do we as a society present our children with such conflicting options, values, and expectations for behavior? Are we trying to drive them crazy? read more
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Karl Marx on the Playground
No, I am not a Marxist, although, like many of my generation, I fancied myself one when I was in college. But I am still occasionally an economic determinist, which means, to me, that sometimes the...
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Kid-sick? Really?
It's that time of year again: parents have done their shopping, labeling and packing, and driven six hours one-way to drop their kids off at sleep-away camp. And then, with the kids safely dropped off...
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Kid-sickness: the state of nature?
They seem weirdly pathological, those parents who desperately sit by the mailbox waiting for a letter from their child at camp, or those who frantically search the camp's website looking for a candid...
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Kid-sickness: the final word
Summer camp season is almost over, so I guess we need to get to the punch line about what drives the sad phenomenon of "kid-sickness," that awful visceral feeling that life isn't worth living while...
View ArticleA loaf of bread, an Amethyst, and thou
So, kids, wanna have a nice cold one? Sorry. We're here to protect you from that. read more
View ArticleA Modest Proposal for 2009
It's 2009, and it's time to start the New year right...by laughing! Or at least stop trying to shut down other people's laughing.read more
View ArticleThe Deadwood Effect
When he went off the medications, his orgasm never returned to normal. Yep. I said, never. read more
View ArticleSweet Caroline indeed
Why, you might ask, does a parenting blogger care about Caroline Kennedy's recent foray into senatorial politics? The word is nepotism, my dears. read more
View ArticleDevelopmental psychology is dead (again)
Developmental psychology once taught us that children really are different from adults. Do we need to learn this lesson over and over again?read more
View ArticleRest in peace, Developmental Psychology
Developmental psychology taught us kids are not little adults. So why do we treat them that way?read more
View ArticleInnocence corrupted...again
Adolescents...of every generation....believe they have been corrupted by their elders. Can we learn to celebrate our shared fantasies of betrayal?read more
View ArticleFree-range and proud?
Why should experts tell parents when to let kids off the leash? Since it's a matter of family values, who are we to butt in?read more
View ArticleFree-range kids part 2: Put that mommy in jail!
Anxious about tough parenting decisions? You can sleep like a baby if you just learn to punish other parents for their decisions when they are different than yours.read more
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