Bob CollinsThis is the way things have to be. We know this and we’ve known this since the day we dropped the kids off at elementary school and for the first time, they didn’t turn around to wave goodbye. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Parenthood
Everything you want to know about what it’s like to be a father you can find in the expression of Chuck Van Gordon, who was at Detroit’s Comerica Field last night when a video message from his daughter, Melissa, was played on the video board. Read more →
‘You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child.’ Anyone who’s ever been a parent will recognize that as, perhaps, the most accurate statement on parenting ever uttered.
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Sure, you’re one of only 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, but when your mother calls and tells you to do something, you do it. Read more →
‘Don’t live scared,’ a father-to-be said he’d like to teach his kid.
It’s a neat trick since the prospect of becoming a father is often horrifying.
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Target employees and customers at a store in Connecticut are getting applause after coming to the defense of a woman who was breastfeeding her baby.
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Joseph T. Deters, the prosecutor in Cincinnati, today provided the details the Internet didn’t bother waiting for a week or so ago when a young boy fell into a gorilla enclosure at the zoo. Read more →
It’s not that the bike shops are foisting this on parents; they’re trying to meet the demand of parents, the Boston Globe says. Read more →
Authorities had to shoot and kill a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo this weekend after a toddler fell into the exhibit and was grabbed by the animal. Read more →
It’s time to hold parents more accountable for the kids who skip school, the St. Cloud Times says in an editorial today.
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Michael Kelly talked to his mother on the phone on Mother’s Day, which isn’t particularly unusual except that Mary Reynolds hasn’t talked to her boy in about 10 years. He’s homeless in San Francisco.
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The woman posted the ad on Craigslit putting the truck up for sale to teach a lesson to her still-too-young-to-drive daughter.
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Joshua Meyrs, 29, walked into a busy intersection, hoping a car would hit him. But a stranger stopped her car, brought him to it, and started talking to him. Read more →
It is the season of departures in one fashion or another, which leads me to recommend a couple of essays today on matters of life. Read more →
It’s just an ad, but it’s a start.
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