Tag: parenting
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
Summer reading is the key to success
One tough mother
“You’ll know who you are when you start losing things.” “It took a bit of ill-humor to make yourself up … Continue reading One tough mother
