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Go the F**k to Sleep

Have you seen it?  It’s a phenomenon:  a brilliant concept, cleverly done.  An instant classic, it’s the flip side of Goodnight Moon; required reading for parents and grandparents.  The title alone sells it;  anyone who’s been a parent will get it—and wish they wrote it. Written in the soothing rhymes of a bedtime story, it’s […]

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Should we let our children suffer?

In a word, yes.  That’s the point made by a New York Times post I just read —about one of the most significant lessons I ever learned as a parent. The post summarizes an article about to be published in the Atlantic, which I haven’t read yet.  A therapist who sees young adults is puzzled […]

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Putting on the thinking cap

Late would be better — is what I’m thinking.  Because it’s 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning,  hours before I normally open my eyes. On this day I’m already up and out —sitting on a folding chair on a cool gray morning  in an enormous  grassy field—along with more people than the entire population of […]

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Stand back and watch

She’s two and a half. My daughter is sitting on the floor with the other toddlers in her weekly music class.  Usually they sing songs as a group–but today’s there’s something new. 20 kids take turns singing solos—a song of their choice into a microphone. 19 of them sing the Alphabet Song or Twinkle Twinkle. […]

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Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp:  Nothing new there.  Same song.  Same outfits.  Same speeches.  The bigger changes are in Circumstance. Daniel’s graduation ceremony is broadcast live on the university’s website.  In the beautiful Kohl Center, everyone around me  is absorbed.  Most are not looking up— at the stage or the video monitors.  They’re looking down– at their cellphones. I’m […]

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Nothing but Nachas

Nachas:  A Yiddish word that means joy and blessings, especially from one’s children or grandchildren.  Definitely one of those words we could really use in English. A friend of mine used to tell me about the latest trials and tribulations with his grown children and joke—“I’ve been a father for 30 years and I’m still […]

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