by Dawn | Sep 2, 2014 | parenting, religion, Teaching
“Teach me about Slenderman.” Slenderman is Declan’s new “thing.” For a while, it was Jacob Marley, then dinosaurs, then video games. Declan loves Minecraft. Minecraft lies somewhere between Legos and little kid...
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...
