"I Had to Come to Terms With the Fact That Kids Are Interesting"
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"I Had to Come to Terms With the Fact That Kids Are Interesting"
Doing all of this—curating an exceptional milieu, providing dedicated tutoring and opportunities for apprenticeship—is hard work. You could pull it off if you put your mind to it, I trust. Though, like everything pursued to excellence, it would demand serious sacrifices. Particularly of time. It is ok not to want that.
A lot of it does not require s
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After a long day, during which my brain filled with unexpressed anxieties and petty injuries, when I finally settled into book time with my son, I magically had the ability to read an entire book out loud without ever having the slightest clue as to what I was even saying. I was doing a good job—acting out parts with different voices, really diggin
... See moreJessi Klein • I'll Show Myself Out
My life as a parent seems to come at the storytelling problem differently. The experience crowds out the narration, rather than the other way around. What is there to say about omnipresence? There’s a tactility to parenting (feeding, cleaning, dressing, hugging, rocking, kissing), a primitive quality (love, protection, devotion), that resists intel... See more
Sylvie had always thought that when, if, she wrote, it would have to be perfect. A beautifully crafted novel, ready to hand to the world. But William had shown her she could write for, and to, herself.