“Life’s gonna suck when you grow up, It sucks pretty bad right now.” Dennis Leary I am rarely without a positive and cheerful answer when Max asks ‘why’, but he found one that I just can’t spin, because I don’t like it either. The specific question is “Why can’t you and mom come to schoolContinue reading “Don’t want to be pessimistic but sometimes Dennis Leary is right”
Category Archives: Parenting
Whose hangup is it, anyway?
Spending day after day with anyone for 8 hours at a time, with only infrequent contact with other people, leads to a wealth of identity issues. Even if the other person is your little one, maybe especially then, you lose a sense of where ‘you’ end and ‘we’ start. On a rough day, I mayContinue reading “Whose hangup is it, anyway?”
Imminent Independence
We went to preschool today for a visit, so that I could get a look at the place and see how max would handle it. It was a kind of dress rehearsal. And I liked what I saw so we’re going to start pre-school for real next week. My little dude will be on hisContinue reading “Imminent Independence”
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