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Reading is Fundamental

My 1-year old son, X, has a board book that he loves and I’m beginning to hate. It’s called 123s by Sia Aryai. Here is the entire text: 1 – One Slide 2 – Two Wagons 3 – Three Buckets 4 – Four Carriages 5 – Five Dolls 6 – Six Blocks 7 – Seven [...]

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How to Deal With a Bully

My daughter, Nee, was having trouble with a bully at school. Of course, my first reaction was to storm the classroom and teach the little girl some manners. However, that would have been inappropriate for several reasons. I even restrained myself from giving the girl a bump as I passed her during the school’s charity [...]

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The Music Lesson

A couple of weeks ago, as my daughter was getting ready for school, she mentioned that her class was working on an Asian song and they instructed to use her fingers to slant their eyes at certain times. My wife, K, and I were shocked. When my daughter saw our reaction, she thought that we [...]

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What Not to Wear

When did it become acceptable for little girls to dress like hookers? I am outraged at our society’s attempts to sexualize our daughters. I don’t blame the advertisers or manufacturers who sell this stuff. I blame the parents – especially the fathers. As dads we must protect our daughters’ innocence. We cannot turn a blind [...]

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Parent Teacher Conference

Today my wife, K, and I went to our daughter’s Parent/Teacher conference. I’m embarrassed to say that this was the first conference that I have been to since she was in kindergarten (she’s in second grade now). Nee was ecstatic when she found out that I would be attending the conference. Actually, so was I. [...]

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Thoughts on Barack Obama

I promised that I would not write about Barack Obama unless he won the election. My daughter made me break my promise. She is only seven, but she is obsessed with Obama. She constantly asks about him, former presidents, and the U.S. election process. Her obsession began last year when my wife bought her the [...]

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The Cupcake Incident

As I mentioned in the previous post, we celebrated X’s birthday with cupcakes. Well, the next day, we decided to have the rest of the cupcakes for desert. My daughter, Nee, got a cupcake out of the container, but dropped it on the floor on the way to the table. I told her to throw [...]

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Colors

Like many men, I am colorblind. Therefore, I’m always asking my wife and my daughter the color of things. Tonight, as I was separating the laundry, I asked my daughter if an item of clothing was white. “It’s pink, Daddy,” she replied with exasperation, “You should really learn your colors.” I guess it’s time to [...]

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The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Yesterday my wife and I took our daughter to her first day of second grade. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time and was very excited. After negotiating the first day of the car pool line, we managed to get into the school’s parking lot. As we searched for a [...]

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