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UPDATED: Thoughts on Hope (and a giveaway)
I’m headed out to my kid’s Individualized Education Plan meeting today. Or maybe the “I” in I.E.P. stands for something else…. Independent? Industrial-strength? In-which-we-all-work-hard-but-also-say-lots-of-Hail-Marys? I can’t ever quite remember the right term, even though we’ve been in the special education game for years now, and for today I’m not going to look it up and…
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Bloody Noses, Wet Beds, Bad Dreams: I’m Leaving the Country
Greg turned 40 last week. 4 to the OH oh oh! Happy Birthday, Baby! (Psst… I never call Greg baby. It just felt right this time. Let’s go with it.) To celebrate, my dad and I are taking Greg on a trip to see friends and museums and live the high life for 4 days. ‘Cause…
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Tricky Dick: Not a Story About Nixon
When we were kids, we used to sit cross-legged at school and call it Indian Style. No one calls it that anymore for all the right reasons. Hooray for cultural sensitivity and change! Now kids sit Crisscross at school. Except no one calls it just Crisscross, because ho hum, right? How boring. Now when you…
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5 Do’s and Don’ts for Raising Middle Schoolers: What To Do When You Can’t Drop-Kick Them Over the Fence
Oh, man. His body is too big for his brain right now, you guys. It’s one-half Bambi On Ice around here and one-half T-Rex Takes Manhattan. The holes in the wall are, I feel, simply an outward symbol of an inward reality. It’s okay, though, this Parenting a Middle Schooler thing. It is. It’s normal, right?…