by Tobin Walsh
No matter the age of your children, there is one place to start when they see the recent news coming from Israel: innocent people being harmed has no place in humanity. Anywhere. Absolutely no excuse. But, this is only a Continue reading If your kids ask about the attacks in Israel…
My high school freshman, in his words, “has literally NOTHING to do at school this week” and “only one test to do” before school officially lets out mid-next week. I know, I know – he’s probably only telling 50% of Continue reading The Unintended Consequences of Less Testing in Schools
There will be songs written about the three nine year-olds and three adults that died at Covenant School in Nashville on Monday. Powered by the greatest songwriters working just a few miles away, melodies will likely take different tones: most Continue reading The Song will End, the Shootings Will Not: A dad’s thoughts about another school shooting
My elementary school aged kids don’t really get it. They don’t understand what abortion is. They don’t what Roe v. Wade is (was). They don’t know why these topics are suddenly highlighting the daily news and sparking nationwide protests. My Continue reading Can I talk Apolitically to my kids about the Roe v. Wade Reversal (and should I?)
None of my kids – from my kindergartener to my high school sophomore – avoided the horror of the Robb Elementary School shooting two weeks ago. Each sat by me, watched the news, and deciphered the awful reality of 19 Continue reading Kids and Guns – What I said to my kids about the Uvalde, Texas school shooting
Pop culture craziness always provides good insights into my tweens’ collective mentality. The Will Smith Oscars disaster was another such opportunity to learn about my kids’ perception of the world around them. On Tuesday night my wife and two oldest Continue reading The Slap Heard ‘Round My Living Room – my sons’ reaction to Will Smith’s Oscar rage
The voices of enraged white guys like me are echoing from every artificial wall of social media and blogs (like this one). White people are pissed. I’d caution against taking any of them at face value. After all, our disgust Continue reading Beware of the White Guy Who…
My family charged into a new COVID routine more than two months ago. We’ve reached the conclusion of our home crisis schooling, taken some time to reflect. Here are our winners and losers. Winners Technology The Microsoft Teams application worked Continue reading Quarantined with Kids – The Winners and Loser
In mid-May I’m generally not thinking about the next school year. Today is different. Suddenly, next year matters – a whole lot. The prospect of school starting (or not) in the fall impacts my family emotionally, financially, logistically and physically. Continue reading Preparing Kids for School – even if it doesn’t start.
Call it quarantine induced boredom, or call it starved Jordan fandom, I primed my kids for ESPN’s The Last Dance all day on Sunday. I made them rest in the afternoon because it was going to be a late night Continue reading Jordan’s The Last Dance from the view of a Fan-Dad