We rarely give actual advice on this blog, and for good reason: We generally don’t know what we’re talking about. This post will not be much different, except that it’s loaded with hubris. In short, I’ve spent the past two weeks with my 3-year-old daughter here in Taipei, and I’m seriously impressed with her ability …
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Sasha vs. Jesus: Taiwan Edition
When I married my Taiwanese wife, Jean, I was a bit of an outsider, not just because I’m a round-eyed American devil but because I’m Jewish, too. At first, this provoked conflicting responses from her family: As an American, I must be profligate, lazy, spendthrift, but as a Jew, I must also be clever, well-educated, …
Another Milestone: My Daughter Learns to Lie & Manipulate
While Nathan’s daughter was learning the questionably valuable skill of swimming the other day, my kid, Sasha, tested out a far more important talent: her ability to lie. I was schlepping her home from the subway in the aftermath of an evening thunderstorm, and she’d somehow got me to carry her. But after a block …
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A Year on the Wagon: Dadwagon Turns 1, Learns to Walk, Bonks Head
Remember back, if you will, to those halcyon days of autumn 2009: Superfetation was all the rage, Disney was offering refunds on Baby Einstein, “My Sister’s Keeper” was (almost) driving air passengers to tears, and—if you can believe this—America was still debating the merits of mass vaccination. And, in a little-frequented corner of the Internet, …
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