I don’t do a lot of linking to other blogs here. But every now and then….well…why not? Greg, from Telling Dad, writes about a $60 Subway Sandwich Giveaway to some of San Francisco’s homeless while he was in town: “The fact that I can’t help all the people all the time won’t stop me from…
Author: Backpacking Dad
Babyproofing for your Crawling Child
Recently, Parents magazine ran a piece by Linda DiProperzio called “Babyproofing for your Crawling Child.” It’s most likely about child safety, because babies like to drop things that are sharp or heavy on things that are not. But for all I know it’s a total mislead of a title and the piece is really about…
Teaching
Teaching means being happy with, looking forward to, and deliberately designing situations intended to end in failure. I make sure my kids fail often. There is no learning in success. I am happy when Erin climbs a structure on the playground, but I recognize that her success there hasn’t really taught her anything. It’s when…