21st century dads
When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, my dad was something of an anomaly. He took me to doctors’ appointments and sports practices; he chaperoned school field trips; he played board games with me and read books to me on lazy summer days. He wasn’t technically a stay-at-home dad, but as an…
Picky little people
My two-year-old granddaughter, Maddie, loves Sriracha, the incendiary chilli sauce that is de rigueur in many Southeast Asian dishes and more common than catsup on home and restaurant tables alike. On a recent visit to Brooklyn, my almost-four-year-old grandson, Robbie, kept dipping his finger into the condiment cup of malt vinegar I’d gotten for my…
Be a person and a parent
Work/life balance is often demonstrated as finding time for your job and your family or partner. But what about you? I recently included my 2 ½-year-old daughter when describing a group of “people.” She quickly corrected me: “Mommy, I’m not people, I’m a big girl.” Guildenstern’s quote from Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead…
Celebrating the holidays with children
This is the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the holidays. For six local families, the focus is on teaching their children the true meaning of the holidays and passing down their values through their traditions. It’s important for each to preserve their religious heritage and to raise their children the way…
