Anti-Bullying Video “To This Day”
It’s Mother’s Day, so one reason I recommend viewing this anti-bullying video by the stunningly brilliant poet Shane Koyczan is for a line: “The definition of ‘beauty’ begins with the word ‘Mom.’” But...
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Michael Gurian’s New Book Embraces Adult Development
Author/marriage and family therapist/researcher Michael Gurian has written a number of books with the word “wonder” in the title. This is partly because he has an endless curiosity about the...
View ArticleHollie McNish Makes Poetry of Public Breastfeeding
I like breasts, I really do. Despite the (excuse the pun) titillation they provide, I value their original purpose for providing sustenance for babies. This is why, even though it takes me a moment to...
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Coming of Age Film ‘The Way, Way Back’ is a Summer Treat
Reviewed by Gregory Keer My sister and I used to sit in the way back of our parents’ Ford station wagon. Like a lot of kids did, I felt like I was on an amusement park ride, going backwards. Of course,...
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Ways to Raise Creative Students
Dr. Michele Borba, an educator and parenting expert who tirelessly writes and speaks about ways to guide children, pointed out the following infographic. It’s called “29 Ways to Raise Creative...
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The Ongoing Concern of Over-Parenting
Huffington Post Parents posted this article: Is there such a thing as “too much parenting”? What do you think? Give me an example of when you pulled back on the over-parenting. How did it work out for...
View ArticleBirthday Cutoffs – To Hold Back or Not
Good piece from ModernMom on school and birthday cutoffs. With our youngest boys, who are fall birthdays, we held them back. It has worked for us as they’ve gotten older because our boys have had time...
View ArticleFamily Man Joins Life of Dad for Dads Doing Good Video
I had an amazing time working once again with director David Guest from Life of Dad for an installment of their Dads Doing Good video series, sponsored by Honda. In this video, we transported a bunch...
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Fids and Kamily Award Winners for 2013
Now in its 8th year, the Fids and Kamily poll has announced its award winners for 2013. Justin Roberts and his Recess album took the top prize, followed by the latest work by Frances England and...
View ArticleFamily Man Recommends: Best Children’s Music of 2013
Reviewed by Gregory Keer I’m joining the Top Ten fray with my annual list of the Best Children’s Music albums of the year. For 2013, the entries had to be released between Nov. 1, 2012 through Sept....
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Spinning the Presidential Election for Kids
By Gregory Keer Name calling, whining, blaming. If our children do anything of these things, we call them out and explain why these practices are bad. If we see our kids repeat the practices, we give...
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Letter of Recommendation
By Gregory Keer Dear Benjamin, I am writing to spill my guts about your high school graduation and the beginning of your new journey at college. You know much of what I’m about to say, but try to hold...
View ArticleMass Love in the Wake of Mass Tragedy
By Gregory Keer In the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday, June 12, what heartens me are the persistent waves of love pouring out from all over the country and the world. I believe...
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Schooling Boys About Girls
By Gregory Keer Throughout my schooling, it wasn’t English or History that stumped me. It was girls. There was my second-grade test in flirting that ended with a classmate bashing me over the head with...
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All’s Fair in Love and Bros
By Gregory Keer The back seat. That dreaded section of the car that offers so much potential for sibling harmony. And yet, this seemingly innocuous space invariably serves one purpose — to be the...
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The One That Ends With Hope
By Gregory Keer How’s this for a new picture book? It’s the story of two children who play on the same playground, learn in the same school, eat at the same restaurants. They each have caring parents....
View ArticleTake This With My Compliments
By Gregory Keer My wife and I had modest ambitions about decorating our home before our children arrived. Given our overstuffed work lives, we wanted our home to have clean lines, an emphasis on...
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