Kid Amnesiac

It’s report card day here in Jefferson County, and that means several things: free ice cream, donuts, and game tokens at local eateries for kids who get As; mounds of Facebook bragging by parents of the same. me complaining again about how much I hate the report card song-and dance. What began as suspicion and […]

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Much as I adore Simon’s role playing with Rainbow Dophie (the stuffed animal he’s been role-playing with for the last few months), there’s one aspect that’s been driving me around the bend: Dolphie has a speech impediment. Like many toddlers his age, Dolphie says his “r”s and “l”s like “w”s. I’m not sure where Simon […]

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It has come to my attention in recent months that many more people than I knew are medicated for anxiety. Whenever I learn of someone who is benefiting from psycho-pharmacology, my thoughts inevitably turn inwards. “How can X be on meds and I’m not? I’m pretty tightly wound and neurotic myself. Is this something I […]

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I’m no fan of rigid gender stereotypes in general, but I particularly dislike how color coded things have gotten. It seems like almost everyone I know who opted to learn her baby’s gender before birth did it so she* could “get the nursery ready” or “shop for clothes before the baby arrives.” After all, if […]

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Brandeis offers rewards to students each month who exemplify a certain characteristic. One month it might be “generosity”, another it might be “conscientiousness.” I’m nominating Simon for the “self control” award. Actually, I’m unilaterally awarding it to him, and I defy anyone to challenge me. This is a kid who has been corrected at school […]

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