Fatherhood
Opinions on parenting.
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Listen to this: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/128940 He has a point. Why don’t we call each other “people, people, and people” or address each other by our names? The question above closes Beth Fertig’s report featuring students attending the International High School in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. She had asked the students to consider Amsterdam’s classification of all non-European…
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When our eldest was our only, our parents told us it was time to leave the city. One of the reasons they used was that all of the “good schools” were in the suburbs. Our parents are not alone in this belief. We also have friends who moved away because of the same belief. Last…
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We should be able to look every second grader in the eye and say, ‘You’re on track, you’re going to be able to go to a good college, or you’re not,’ Right now, in too many states, quite frankly, we lie to children. We lie to them and we lie to their families. Where were…
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One of the reasons my wife and I decided to stay and raise our boys in Manhattan instead of joining the homesteaders in Westchester, New Jersey, or Connecticut is we are only 20 minutes away from a unique and engaging cultural event. However, finding the time to take advantage of these events is a different…
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Before I was a parent I used to joke: “That’s how Chinese people show love.” I made that joke every time my friend complained about how critical her mother was of her. We were in our 20s then. It is curious just how much impact “mother” has on a person. I am just over 40…
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I was a little too young for the Lassie movies. I was more the generation of Run Joe Run on Saturday mornings. While Pumpkin was not accused of a crime, he loves to play and he did run away. Despite his age, he still has a lot of puppy in him. All you need is…
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I know this is an Al Jolson song. I chose it because it’s poignant in so many ways. When I look at my boys, I see great things. I see everything I couldn’t achieve because of circumstance or simply a lack of imagination. I see dreams and aspirations that shame my own lack of ambition.…
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Easily the most unpleasant chore for me as a parent has been writing my will. It should have been easy enough as a single 20something – even 30something! Having no worldly possessions or “legacies” to speak of should have made them easy to address via a “last will and testament.” They were not. Even the…
Vincent Young 