I am delighted to have Wendy Garfinkle guest post on my page. She is one of the most genuine people I know and I am love talking to her about everything from grammar and usage to fairy tales and Jewish mysticism. I am blown away by her knowledge and I…
The Real World has been a bizarre bogeyman for far too long in my opinion. Wielded by parents to threaten children into cleaning their rooms and mow lawns for decades, the Real World soon slunk its way into the classroom so teachers could dangle it in front of students’ noses…
A family that my husband and I know fairly well recently had to make a judgment call that no parent would ever wake up thinking he or she would have to make in a typical day: Is our child in enough danger to herself that we need to immediately take her to…
I encountered many poorly behaved boys and girls, and even worse parents, in my years of education. It is, as they say, an occupational hazard. I do like to think that most people know how to adhere to the very basics of human decency, the first being “treat the elderly with kindness and respect.”…
If you haven’t had a chance to read anything by my friend Bob Mueller yet, you have really missed out on some pure awesomeness. I first met Bob when he joined the Gravity Imprint back in the days of Booktrope. He republished his book The Sad Girl, a book following…
It’s Normal to Worry This Much, Right? Tales From a Chronic Worrier, Guest Post by Beth Schulman I work hard at being a devoted mother, teacher, sister, and friend. But, I often fall short, despite my good intentions. It’s tough balancing all our roles in life. The one role I’ve…
