Resilience. Fortitude. Kindness. Flexibility. Respect. As we start to look back at the pandemic, in the midst of the horror, there were important lessons learned at New Morning School and in homes throughout the world. Read more
I have read and evaluated more student assignments and essays in my day than I can count. I am not complaining. I willingly and enthusiastically accepted my fate as a language arts teacher many moons Read more
All animals can communicate, but human beings are the only creatures that have language, as it is scientifically defined. That’s because we are such complex social creatures. Children will sometimes wonder why they have to Read more
“Well done! Your child has reached the teenage years.” Those words open a letter I received today from my daughter’s doctor. So far so good, are my thoughts. Raising my children has always felt a Read more
My children are now five years old now, and when they were tiny, I heard the same refrain from people we’d run into at the park, the store, school, or wherever. They’d say, “It goes Read more
When my grandson Zach was a newbie at walking and running, about 15 months old, I watched as he ran across his living room. Scattered around him were toys of all shapes and sizes, a Read more
