Tag: parenting
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Letter grades are bullshit
They don’t tell you how much effort went into that subject. They don’t tell you that someone who really struggles with it gave it everything they had until they were mentally exhausted and couldn’t get it quite right. They don’t tell you that someone actually gained more ability than anyone else. That’s right, they put…
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Protecting Children
I’ve been thinking about how we raise children around the world a lot lately, for a bunch of different reasons. Partly it’s parents that are overly involved and setting the course for their children’s lives without considering what the child really wants to do. Partly it’s because some parents don’t care who their children are;…
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Handling what should be easy
My youngest will be 10 in December. We’ve had a couple of strange moments over the past year that I can’t really work through in my mind. It feels like something deeper is happening with her and I don’t like that she’s so quiet about it. The first instance was last December. I found a…
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I Am Evil
I went off on my teenager today. We were traveling back from our trip and he was whining about being hungry. Now, there’a million and one reasons why this temper tantrum set me off today. 1. He CHOSE not to eat much this morning. Like, he did not want what was there and did not…
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Being Present
One of my greatest challenges is staying present in the moment. My mind wanders often to the past, dredging up mistakes I’ve made, stupid comments I’ve said, and times when I was a complete asshole. If I’m not stuck thinking about the past, I’m looking at the future trying to figure out what comes next.…
Zander's Inside Voice 