Maybe I should take this back. J.D. Salinger in The New Yorker (via TheAwl.com): “If your child likes—loves—you, the very love he bears you tears your heart out about once a day or once every other day.”
Monthly Archives: February 2010
“Yes, It’s Nice That You Won. Can You Empty the Diaper Pail, Please?”
Congratulations to Roger Federer, winner of the Australian Open, in straight sets over Andy Murray. And why do I bring this up here? Because it’s widely been noted, including at ESPN, that he’s the first dad to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament since 2003. It’s a silly distinction, of course. Tennis is a young …
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Parents to Schools: You Can’t Handle the Tooth!
Perhaps because Sasha hasn’t yet entered the worlds of day care, preschool or kindergarten, I’m a little mystified by some of the controversies—or, as I see it, non-controversies—surrounding these institutions. For example, at Sharon Elementary School, in Robbinsville, N.J., administrators have made the apparently revolutionary decision to have recess before lunch–a move that, according to …
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