Let’s make this Father’s Day a real celebration of fatherhood, one befitting dad’s more prominent parenting role in the family and honoring the contributions fathers make every day to the lives of their children.
Continue reading...March 22, 2014
Should I Let My Son Join a College Fraternity?
My teenage son has begun looking at colleges. Recently, while we were looking at admissions brochures over breakfast, he asked me how I’d feel if he joined a fraternity. His question transported me back to my university days, when I pledged a fraternity as a freshman and lived for two of my four undergraduate years […]
Continue reading...February 21, 2014
Parenting with Grace
I’ve long been intrigued by the concept of grace-based parenting. I’m not sure I have more than an intuitive sense of what it means, however, so I looked the phrase up on the internet. The definitions I found applied mostly to parenting grounded in religious beliefs. This helped my understanding, but I also wanted to […]
Continue reading...February 20, 2014
Why We Tell Stories
We were honored to learn that Sowmya Srinavasin, a professional storyteller living in Bangalore, India, performed our story, “The Kite Flyer of Beijing,” at the Chennai Storytelling Festival on Saturday, February 8.
Continue reading...February 17, 2014
The Kite Flyer of Beijing
My sons and I created this story after attending a spring kite festival where we live. The dogwood and cherry trees were in blossom, and a gentle breeze swirled their petals into the air as we flew our kites. We enjoy telling this story again and again, as it conjures images of an enchanted land where kite flying is revered as an expression of the human spirit. Download The Kite Flyer of Beijing
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