Search by tag «Brooklyn»
Entries found: 20
Absolute Contingency
The Persistence of Paradox
“The rest of the time I thought I was a genius.”
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Can We All Get Along?
A Sit Down with SmallerMan
“I wonder whether his growing dissatisfaction is based on his perception of reality, or is it a reflection of ours?”Read More
In Gifts Begin Responsibilities
Guns, Barney, Ping-Pong
“Enough privileged middle-aged white man angst: why can’t I simply let the children be children?”
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You Can Take the Boy Out of Brooklyn
City & Country, Home & Away
“Leaving New York City is always a weird thing for me.”
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Don’t Pimp Your Kid
On Sharing: Priorities & Perspective
“My kids are funny when they fart.”
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Rock On
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: A Lament
“Why so threatened? Why so scared? Who so unreceptive to change?”Read More
What Ain’t
Mistakes Are Made OR Something Has to Give
“How is it possible to have an over-scheduled home school child? Why aren’t we having more fun?”Read More
Youth Referred
The Father of the “Truant” Speaks
“Are we bad parents?”Read More
Arrested Development
A “Truant’s” Story
“Those are things that I could never have learned at ‘real’ school.”
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It’s Alive!
Introducing the Blog Itself
“If a child is home schooled in Brooklyn and the experience isn’t documented publicly in excruciating (loving!) detail, does the kid get any education at all?”Read More