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Common Sense and (Early) Childhood Education

August 12, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Giving our children the right start. ALL our children.

Filed Under: Babies and Kids, Parenting Tagged With: cost of raising children, cultural values, Culture, definitions of success, early childhood education, economy, education, empathy, Failure to thrive, family, make a difference, motherhood, Parenting, Single Parenting, society

Missing the Marital Mark

October 18, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

Success, failure, and musing on marriage.

Filed Under: Love, Relationships Tagged With: big questions, divorce, Failure to thrive, marriage, Marriage and Divorce, men and women, Relationships, success

The “Big” House

June 1, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 15 Comments

Bigger is not necessarily better.

Filed Under: Culture, Morning Musing Tagged With: community, cultural values, Failure to thrive, home, rant, small homes, what do we build

Giving Shape to Invisibility

January 9, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Giving shape to invisibility. I plucked those evocative words from a writer I’ve recently discovered, Wolf Pascoe at Just Add Father, and the reference comes from this: When I was eight, my father died suddenly. My mother never remarried. As a result, a good part of my life has been defined by what was missing. […]

Filed Under: Culture, Love, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: big little wolf, big questions, daily plate of crazy, dark times, Failure to thrive, finding ourselves, I cannot pretend today, Marriage and Divorce, Parenting, positivity, reinvention, whatever life dishes out

Permission to Fail? I Don’t Think So.

September 8, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 23 Comments

My son got home late last evening. I wasn’t happy. He wasn’t happy. After his 13-hour day, with plenty of homework ahead, he looked tired and discouraged. His reason for being so late? An informational session on a scholarship program, and its first set of qualifying exercises. He perked up when he talked about it, […]

Filed Under: Culture, Parenting Tagged With: big questions, defining success, education, essays, Failure to thrive, life skills, Parenting, parenting is a profession, parenting teens, raising the bar, real women real life, risk taking, teaching kids life skills, whatever life dishes out

Discipline

July 3, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

It is a holiday weekend in the US. Families are gathering, preparing picnics, watching Wimbledon (as I will be, shortly) or their other favorite sports. They’re preparing for foot races under a sizzling sun, for fireworks in the local park, for unwinding. They are slowing down. Pulling in. Taking a few days off. I am […]

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Parenting Tagged With: big questions, discipline, Failure to thrive, life choices, life skills, Parenting, real women real life, routine, Single Parenting, success my way, whatever life dishes out, women's lives, women's roles, writing, writing daily discipline

I did what I was told

March 18, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 21 Comments

Whatever it was, I did what I was told, the quintessential good girl following the rules: I studied, I smiled, I won awards, I did not rebel, I lived with secrets. I followed the rules and did not cheat though I saw others do so and prosper; I followed the rules and did not lie […]

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Politics, Surviving Recession Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, child support, chronic illness, daily plate of crazy, Failure to thrive, fairness doctrine, health care, is this it, Marriage and Divorce, personal memoir, Surviving Recession, whatever life dishes out

Failure to Thrive

March 16, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Failure to thrive, in its varied interpretations.

Filed Under: Culture, Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: big questions, essays, Failure to thrive, it takes two hands to hold the mirror steady, literature, memories, real women real life, society, Surviving Recession, women's issues, writing, writing from life

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