Before our kids learn our language, we get to experience the magic of learning theirs. For an amazing, and amazingly short, period of time kids speak a language that only their parents can understand. Have you ever been around a parent and their kid, and the kid looks at the parent and says, “Samoopeeepoop clababa…CONTINUE READING

I passed another parental milestone a few days ago. I had the urge to spank my daughter. This isn’t a proud moment for me.  I didn’t spank her. Instead, I got up, walked into the other room, clenched my jaw and made this guttural angry uurrrrggggggggg sound that started in my knees, crept its way up…CONTINUE READING

I am the best dancer my daughter knows. In fact, as far as she is concerned, I am the greatest dancer in the whole world. I know all the dances. I know “fast feet” (that’s the one where you move your feet really fast). I know “clap your hands” (that’s the one where you clap...CONTINUE READING