The Tantrum: Should I Send My Kid to Private School?

(This is the Tantrum, in which DadWagon’s editors debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Let’s be clear about this right from the start: No, and not because I don’t want to (I’ll get to my feelings on that later). It’s because I can’t. For those of you …

The Tantrum: Is It Wrong to Raise a Geek? Part 4

Yes—and, of course, no. I’ll start with no. In school, I was, in all honesty, not really a geek. I was president of the school my senior year, captain of the soccer team, lead in the play, and while I wasn’t necessarily a sex-god, I did have a date to the prom, she was gorgeous, …