My son attended a model-building workshop for kids 8-12 years old. First they had kids brainstorm about what kinds of things are needed in a mixed-use urban site; then they had the kids ask the “community members” (parents willing to spend 3 precious weekend hours introducing their children to collective creativity and architectural planning processes) […]
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You Can Take Things Too Far
Posted in Children, Fear, Parenting, Political Correctness, School on January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Interpreting Kidspeak
Posted in Children, Emotions/Inner World, Fantasies, Fear, Growing up, Music, School, Writing on November 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
11 year old son: “What are you going to write about today?” Older than she likes to be mother: “I don’t know. What should I write about?” Son: “Oooh, cheesy gophers!” This is what I get for asking an 11 year old for this week’s writing spark.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Posted in Boys, Children, Dreams, Emotions/Inner World, Growing up, Men, Motherhood, Parenting, The Genders on October 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes when people talk about things, it doesn’t make them better. Couples therapists around the land are finally coming to this realization, long after the last decade or so of trying to get men to talk and talk and talk about their feelings, which often backfires when they share that they’re angry, frustrated, disappointed, sexually […]
On Women Getting Shorter
Posted in Aging, Boys, Growing up, Men, Mothers, School, Sons on September 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I get that I’m not a tall woman, but I don’t think of myself as short. “My legs reach all the way to the ground,” I can be heard saying. I have accepted my height, that many women are taller than me, and that I seem to have sufficient height to do anything I need […]