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…
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Punchline
So, a man picks up a baby, checks the baby’s gums, and sees that the four teeth that have been coming in have broken through. The man says “Phew. Now this kid will stop waking up at 5am crying in distress about his teeth. Now he can sleep. Now I can sleep.” And he was…
It’s Not the Worst Excuse in the World to Watch Buffy
Adrian is teething. He’s teething in the teethingest way I’ve ever seen or heard of a baby teething. He has four, four (emphasis mine, oh god) teeth coming in on top right now. It’s as though he realized his birthday was coming up and he was going to have to smile a toothy grin for…