Team Gray!

I heard my father say, “You better call him Dr. when you call him…”, referring to his former colleague. I silently finished the sentence, “because he sacrificed his family for that degree.” Harsh, I know. But in all the talk about how important education is, what are we really talking about? Advanced degrees that we [...]

A child peruses her activity books. She settles on a very used pair of Kid Concoction books. She pulls out a sheet of notebook paper and lists all the activities she’d like to do. She casually asks her mother if she can make a snow globe. She and her siblings gather the materials and make [...]

I read a blog post today that has really gotten me thinking. I will summarize, but should read it yourself to get the full breadth and depth of the subject. The gist of the article is that we should stop feeling guilty for our missteps in raising and educating our children, and get on about [...]