From time to time, I wonder if JP would have been better off I’d never split up with his mother. It’s usually a micro-spasm of guilt at knowing he has to adjust to separation from one parent or the other all the time. Then I remember what it was liking living with his mother, and …
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Let Us Now Praise Dubious Stuff: Embarrassment Edition
I came across an interesting little tidbit at inCharacter (“the journal of everyday virtues”; I, of course, prefer my virtues to be offered on a sub-weekly basis, like a housekeeper). Entitled “The Death of Embarrassment,” it is an essay on how shame, embarrassment, and scorn have become degraded social values in today’s culture. This, apparently, …
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It’s the free, stupid! (No offense, Nathan.)
I just wanted to respond briefly to Nathan’s post from yesterday on whether it was important for a 3-year-old to go to school. I have no ideas about the long-term educational impact of schooling for toddlers, and truth be told, I don’t really care. Right now, it seems enough to me that JP enjoys school …
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The Tantrum: Fathers, Sons, and Sports, Part 3
(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one issue over the course of a week. Normally, we try to answer a question, but this week, with the publication of “Are We Winning? Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball,” by Will Leitch, we’re doing something different. For previous Tantrums, click …
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