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Last Sunday, I held my infant daughter in the knee-deep Florida gulf water, transfixed by…
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I have mastered “because I said so” parenting. This was repeatedly on display this weekend…
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My daughter’s first grade choir concert on Tuesday was entitled “We’re nuts!” Although aptly named…
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If I give my kid a BB gun, I can’t claim to be surprised when…
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Polarizing Major League baseball player Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals is on a mission…
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Fatherhood has changed my life profoundly. I realized this last Friday night as I became…
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I am beginning to understand how a zoo-confined gorilla must feel watching the crowds pass…
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