Lilt is the name of the woman you want to be—
someone who pumps her feet like a child on a swing set
and laughs and laughs and laughs into the sky.
We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.
the boy with curlier hair and light brown skin
over by the windows and Roland, who was darker,
with short cut hair, whose name I’ve carried all these years
Here are my two sons in 1968
In their father’s arms.
He looks harmless.
They look doubtful and uneasy.
And when he was little and screamed
because the circus in town was rained out
she then told him to wait–to please wait–
that old issue of trust in the steady gods
Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.
All men who support and care for children have a critical role to play in instilling positive social values in future generations.
Immerse yourself in the games kids play when the streets are their playground.
You’ve heard the phrase “Think outside the box”?
Buskers is the story of Packo, a young Dubliner, and Milos, a Romanian immigrant, who battle to secure a space to beg at a Dublin train station. After a comical … Continue reading →
Nature is the master here: boundless, unpredictable,
full of astonishments. The children come next. I follow.
in his gentlest voice, reminding them
about change, about fallow fields and the quiet
everything needs to grow stronger
Is being carefree a special good of childhood? Is it something that confers meaning on the life of a child, without doing the same for adults? Or do adults need to be more carefree, and so be more like children, in order for their lives to go well?
The gravest and most immediate threat to our most vulnerable students was, and continues to be, hunger. If schools are closed, so is the critical infrastructure that helps keep our nation’s children fed.