My 5th-grader had to write a persuasive research paper on the advantages of same-sex schools. He included a lot of great points, like ". . . boys are sometimes trying to impress the girls so they will try to act funny and this ends up getting them in trouble." So true. He then noted that… Continue reading Just the Facts
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F.L.A.S.H. Back
My 11-year-old son is going through the infamous F.L.A.S.H. (Family Life And Sexual Heath) unit right now in school. Everything was going pretty well until they wrapped-up F.L. and then moved on to the A.S.H. segment. I’d prepped him for this day a few weeks ago, but he was still pretty traumatized by the sudden… Continue reading F.L.A.S.H. Back
Courageously Onward
Well, it’s done. I dropped my firstborn son off at college. In another town. In another state. 1500 miles away from “home.” And it didn’t go anything like I’d imagined. My wife and I flew down to Phoenix with him a week before classes started so we could get him settled into his dorm and… Continue reading Courageously Onward
