A Story About Bravery is the fourth of four installments of a data-laden narrative. The story follows a parent in the fall of 2018 dealing with the conjunction of crises we face. Older brother wants to listen to the story podcast. The host asks, “What are you afraid of?” My ears perk up. I hit […]
The Banality of Survival/Suicide is the third of four installments of a data-laden narrative. The story follows a parent in the fall of 2018 dealing with the conjunction of crises we face. Another October day with temperature prediction in the high 80s. Baby girl and me are driving in our car, fueled by Jurassic period […]
A Panic Event is the second of four installments of a data-laden narrative. The story follows a parent in the fall of 2018 dealing with the conjunction of crises we face. People have all these theories about what is best for babies. Attachment parenting, crying it out, in-between methods. I can understand the theories: if […]
Bee Sighting is the first of four installments of a data-laden narrative. The story follows a parent in the fall of 2018 dealing with the conjunction of crises we face. I like to be helpful. I get out of bed: my wife needs sleep and this sweet baby does not need to breastfeed at 3am. […]
For the sabbatical, and who knows, perhaps going forward, I’ll be blogging regarding resilience at my new blog on ghost. I just reviewed a book about interoception, a key topic for resilience (i.e., life). I am looking but haven’t yet found a conversation or article about the new gene-based study on autism that came out […]
There’s a lot to keep track of. I’m reading, writing, taking notes, reading notes, doing workshops, planning workshops, being a dad, being a citizen of a failing democracy, trying to also enjoy myself. It’s an academic year-long sabbatical, and I’m calling my project Paradigms of Resilience. I need to buy that domain name… Today I […]
The Trump administration conspired this summer to cruelly disrupt all the public schools in our country by illegally freezing federal Title II funds. They claimed that, essentially, the money was being spent on the “woke agenda.” Right before the school year started, there was a thaw. Funds were released after 24 state attorneys general challenged […]
The first time I heard the phrase in person, I guess, was as a substitute teacher. “You don’t know me!” said a 5th grade Black boy (at a predominantly white school), in a fight. He repeated the phrase as we pulled him off the other kid. He was right. We didn’t know him. His teacher […]
My family and I were on vacation. Edisto Island: no hotels, beaches, calm, quiet. We rented a house seaside and could hear the waves. A lot of family: my wife’s parents, her two brothers, and two aunts. My son was 3 years old. He came out for breakfast. My father in law says to him […]
The Fleet Foxes have a song called Helplessness Blues. It starts with a developmental dilemma in which the singer is saying he was raised to believe he was totally unique. But he’s starting to wish he could be a cog in a machine. I was raised up believing I was somehow uniqueLike a snowflake distinct […]
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