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Monthly Archive for February, 2014

Up ’til this year, Simon has had a knack for choosing friends he’s not completely compatible with, while I’ve (largely fruitlessly) attempted to steer him in other directions. For three of his four years in preschool, he most loved a couple of boys who were much rowdier than he was. One of these boys was […]

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Other People’s Children

This is a companion piece to an earlier entry about judging—and sometimes finding wanting—other people’s parenting. The flip side of judging other people’s parenting is judging other people’s children. That sounds harsher than I mean it to. What I mean is that it is very difficult at times to maintain third-party neutrality and/or detachment when […]

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Busy Bodies

Thus far, this year has been notable for its snow days. It began with temperatures too low to return from winter break on the 6th and proceeded through the rest of January with cancellations due to snow and ice. February brought no improvement at all, the highlight of which must be the Valentine’s Day cancellation […]

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Juxtaposition

Sometime in these past 1,048 posts (Geez, do I ever shut up?), I wrote about the odd juxtaposition of little boy and big boy qualities in Simon. Actually, now that I find it, it was about Simon’s ability to vacillate quickly between his little boy and big boy selves and how fascinating it was to […]

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Losing with Grace

Historically, this is not Simon’s strong suit. I’ll give you exhibit A: Today we were playing Yahtzee together when I rolled a fiveĀ  6s. This good roll ensured my victory and came after at least three losing games in a row. “You’re going to win,” Simon sulked. “I don’t want to play anymore.” I understand […]

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