Below you'll find a list of all posts from October, 2015
Last week I posed this sixth grade math problem to over twenty adults in my life: The carnival has a large and a small Ferris wheel. Jeremy gets gets on at the bottom of the large Ferris wheel. Deborah gets on at the bottom of the small Ferris wheel. The ride begins at the same time. The large Ferris wheel …
Last year my youngest daughter was called a “racist” by one of her closest friends. Provocative, isn’t it? I bet you are wondering what on earth my daughter said… She referred to a Black character on a television show as Black. “That isn’t racist!” My daughter responded. “Being called black isn’t an insult. Just like I am not insulted if …
Whenever I tell people at parties that I work at a private school, the conversation always turns to the “helicopter parent”. You know the term: the parents that are controlling, the parents that won’t allow their children to take responsibility for their actions or solve problems independently or let them grow up. They are the parents in this hilarious Portlandia …