by Dawn | Mar 17, 2014 | family, parenting
Kermit the Frog is 60 years old. He’s had a long and sordid career, escaping the educational mission of Sesame Street for the PG variety show spinoff The Muppet Show. I’m watching with my son. We got the complete Muppet Show collection a few years ago. I...
by Dawn | Jul 4, 2013 | family
Give a boy an object and he’ll make a weapon of mass destruction. Every time. My son is six. I’ve watched this phenomena brewing for some time. I’m a Gandhi-loving pacifist. I never push gun toys on The Boy. I don’t give him games that promote...
by Dawn | Sep 15, 2012 | domestic violence, parenting
Lindsay Anne Burke is gone. Seven years ago today, she was murdered by someone who “loved” her. This happened two miles from my house–the story broke as I was eating dinner. I thought to myself, “Oh my god, that poor family.” Then I realized it...
