Making risky play our business
I just had to go and tempt fate. Last week I wrote about why I let my kids try risky things, about how if they do get it hurt, it’s always doing normal kid stuff … like walking. ”I’m probably pressing my luck here, but he’s never been injured beyond a minor scratch or bruise [...]
Before the door even opened, I could sense it was bad. I heard the wails, intensifying with every step. I found Eli, sobbing, with blood dripping from his chin. It was a nasty cut, one that had Mike and I wondering if he might need stitches. He didn’t, thank goodness, but he’ll have a war [...]
Thomas crawled into my bed the other night after a long day at camp and said, “Can you get me some dry ice and a couple of film canisters?” God, I love this kid. He had made rockets at Lego Camp that day and wanted to try it at home. Then he said, “Can we [...]
This is the fifteenth part in a series of discussions regarding The Idle Parent Manifesto, which can be found in Tom Hodgkinson’s book The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids. Need to get caught up? You can do so here. For this topic, Lisa and I decided to give both out [...]
Last summer I bought a new headlamp and was dying to try it out. What better way than to take an after dark bike ride? I took Thomas. He was nine at the time and he was scared. Apparently there was a very dangerous GoatMan at sleep away camp. After a few minutes of biking, [...]
For years, driving back and forth between our bases of Nashville, Tennessee and Indianapolis, Indiana, we’ve passed Mammoth Cave National Park. We never stopped, though. Either the kids were too little to appreciate or enjoy the cave or we were pressed for time, trying to get from Point A to Point B. This summer, we [...]
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