Prejudices are learned, and this is how it starts. In June, my son completed the first-grade. And during the course of our summer together, I’m realizing that he learned much more than how to identify the different types of clouds and how to distinguish between different parts of speech. Sending my son off to school, […]
It is women who are judged for their children getting lice for being “dirty,” despite the fact that the evidence is clear that lice don’t care about washed or unwashed hair. My kids trade years each Christmas over who gets to be sick with everything from scarlet fever, whooping cough, and stomach bugs. What I […]
The betterment of society depends on the mutual respect, contribution, and cooperation of all its individuals. And your wonderful, magical little spawn needs to know that. One of the biggest lessons I had to learn growing up was when it was appropriate to speak my mind, and when I would be better off keeping my […]
Enough with this sexist stereotype. The majority of my experiences with girls and women has been positive, even life affirming. In 1988, when I was in eighth grade, I contracted an eye infection and wasn’t able to wear my contact lenses. At the time, my eyeglass lenses were inches thick—just like the proverbial Coke bottles—and […]
If, indeed, we are seeing a rise of Mean Boys who will join the Mean Girls we’ve already heard so much about, what is causing this and how can we change it? When my son was 3, his preschool teacher called me aside to tell me a story. My son went to a tiny school […]
