There are many great things about my job as a teacher. There are also many great things about being a parent – as you doubtless have read in…
There comes a time in life when affairs, like death, become unavoidable. They become a part of the adult landscape; you just hope the bomb doesn’t go off…
We’re all adults here, aren’t we? Can we agree that, for the most part, that after age 21 our birthdays are a day we celebrate quietly with our…
Hey, Black man, can you sing a Black girl’s song? I know you see the news showing us dying at the hands of your brethren, so why are…
Smart teenagers know that the way to a parent’s heart is through obedience, love and respect for the people who raised them (plus offering to do a few…
It’s beach season. Time to pay some attention to your largest organ. Today’s “little spot” could be tomorrow’s health scare. I know this from personal experience. It looked to…
I think it’s important to hear and even to appreciate people who are very different than ourselves, people who may fall on the other side of the spectrum…
Raising a Tween is serious business about magic, specifically the care of magical creatures and all things childhood magic related, and you should not be reading just any…
Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about how shitty our world is. How terrifying it is to raise tiny humans among the ignorance and hate. How little…
I need to interrupt your newsfeed for this quick alert: black people are tired. I shouldn’t speak for everyone but as for myself: I am TIRED of being…