I keep seeing news stories about kids dying in daycare or at the hands of other people to whom their parents have entrusted them, and every time there is so much shock and rage as if people can’t believe it’s…
What’s Private for You?
Web 2.0 is all about sharing and collaboration. There have been lots of stories lately that have shown something of a backlash against that sharing, pointing out how oversharing makes us easy targets for criminals, talking about cyberstalking, etc. That’s…
Sam and Saturday
Yes, it was another date night. Yay! (They are the highlights of my week, with good reason.) The girl went out on a date, so we had the house to ourselves. It still feels odd, at times, not to have…
News Flash: Decatur Teen Comes Home Early From Date!
What a weirdo! I mean, you’d think these kids were being, I don’t know, responsible or something! Just because she has an appointment early in the morning, she came home early. Kids these days! I don’t think I ever got…
Have Any Homeschooling or Education Thoughts?
Today’s entry, Homeschooling High School in College?, is over at Academy Caritas. I expect to update there more regularly, now that we’re officially homeschooling again.
Reading
So, the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas want me to talk about what reading means to me or my child. How about both? You might have noticed that I talk, a lot, about reading. I think Now Reading shows at least…
Packaging Boyhood
From the latest Dads & Daughters newsletter: Our friend Dr. Mark Tappan is co-authoring a book, to be called “Packaging Boyhood” about marketing to our sons. The book aims to “scrutinize the world of boy power, and the ways media…
Rumbles from the Recliner
Not from the grave, oh no, not yet! It’s been too long to do a real “this is all that has happened in my life.” Writing it would exhaust me, and reading it would likely bore you. If you want…
Another article for the wacko file
I’m posting this specifically for leduck, who has gotten much amusement from other “Indigo Child” nonsense Alien-ated Youth Any sane person reading the article can tell that the parents of the “special” kids are full of fertilizer, but hey, they…
Midnight? Already?
Wow. It’s been almost as fun listening to the kids (Katie’s gang, here for her birthday party) game as it would be to be part of a game myself. Maybe I will play Vampire someday. I suppose I’d trust Sam…