Time comes to us as a straight line, from past to future, along which life progresses, evolves, becomes more refined as we go. There’s little in this now that is as wondrous or developed as its future iteration. That seems to be a fair rendering of time as we understand it in the west. And […]
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Patience and the steady fire
It’s no guarded parental secret that a child’s wild fire and love of life doesn’t easily submit to tasks and chores, to the daily demands of keeping house or staying the course. The understandable temptation in the hubbub of modern life is to keep our child otherwise occupied, perhaps hooked up to another channel of […]
Good table manners
As midwinter approaches on the northern hemisphere, it is time to once again gather with our loved ones around a table for a shared meal. It’s a time of great generosity, hospitality, a social ritual of both giving and receiving, feeding and being fed. We welcome our guests, we might cook together, decorate the table, […]
A child’s ability to discern
When our child was a bit older than two, I left him with a new teacher at kindergarden. As soon as he was in her arms, he started to scream. So I waited a while with him until he was calm again, and turned to leave. Outside, I heard him through the door, crying incessantly, […]
Hold on to your child
There inevitably comes an age in our children’s lives when their attention and curiousity is directed more towards others than ourselves. It’s easy then as a father or mother, flush with the business of making ends meet, to let go, understanding their outward gaze as an impending departure, rather than a cautious exploration. Hold on […]
Our children deserve less than we got
I know that my children deserve less than I got. Most likely your child does too. This doesn’t go down easy, if like me you’re a member of the industrial growth society. Here, most of us by far want to pass on more to our children than our parents gave us. Such is the script […]