COVID’s Blow to the Cult of Busyness
COVID-19 didn't break us, it showed us what was broken. We were so busy pretending that everything was ok and that we loved the rat race that we didn't stop to consider what it was doing to our bodies and souls. And then everything stopped and suddenly we had...
Parenting Rules Weren’t Written For Quarantine
We are four people and two dogs trying to do work and school and life while maintaining some kind of semblance of love and affection for each other. It looks different for every family, but we can't do board games and puzzles every night. We parents need to offer...
Helping Our City Kids Love the Outdoors
A regular scroll through my Facebook or Instagram accounts makes it seem like this is easy for us, but detaching from electronics and work and the outside world and forcing our kids (and us) into nature takes real effort. There are some weekends when I just want to hunker...
Forging Their Own Path
I have to consistently remember that my kids have to be allowed to be their own selves. I know this as they will eventually attend the same school I teach at. I know this as I pursue my own writing. I know this as someone who spent most of...
Our Kids Need Us To Say “I’m Sorry”
But even in those moments I have to remember to check my response to their behavior. In those moments we have to ask each other for forgiveness, them for their behavior and me for the level of my reaction to that behavior. I want them to learn that anger...