Tag: parenting
Mid-week Wisdom
Aren’t we all anxious people?
“Sometimes two strangers only need one thing in common to find each other sympathetic.” Continue reading Aren’t we all anxious people?
Friday Field Trip: A & W Root Beer
A similar event happened to me at my friend Joan’s house, although it was sloe gin fizzes and her sweet father who called my parents. Continue reading Friday Field Trip: A & W Root Beer
Mid-week Wisdom
Book review: Between father and son
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates This book is an earnest and fervent warning from Coates to his … Continue reading Book review: Between father and son
If you love me, read me a story
I spent over thirty years teaching children to read, and as much as schools may have changed in that time, … Continue reading If you love me, read me a story
Reading is antidote to toxic stress of childhood poverty
Low income children suffer stresses that would buckle our knees and yet we expect them to learn and grow and … Continue reading Reading is antidote to toxic stress of childhood poverty
Atticus is just a man after all
At twenty-six, Jean Louise Finch comes home to Maycomb, Alabama for a two-week visit with her adored father, Atticus. He’s … Continue reading Atticus is just a man after all
