Tag Archives: parenting

i think i’m alone now

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Jason Sperber

At the end of this week, my three-and-a-half-year-old babygirl will have been a preschooler for an entire month. Her big sister’s already been a full-fledged third grader for a month. And they’re both loving it—let’s get that out of the … Continue reading →

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fathers and daughters

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Jason Sperber

He called out to me as I was taking the blue recycling bin out of the side yard by the garage to roll to the curb. He had stopped his bicycle in the middle of the street, several feet away … Continue reading →

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by the book

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Today, while I was cooking dinner and doing other household chores, The Button kept following me around with a board book in her hand saying, “Daddy, can you read to us?” over and over again. [“Us,” even though it was … Continue reading →

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the mouth

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Cute, right? I mean, there’s no doubt—The Button is a frakkin’ adorable kid. The crazy little dances she does, the funny things that come out of her mouth, and the expressions she makes on that face, which that same mouth … Continue reading →

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guilt by association

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jason Sperber

It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting here at the local indie coffeehouse trying to write. Even that formulation should tell you something about where my head’s at, since, as a writer friend of mine told me, “Write or write not. … Continue reading →

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race is always a parenting issue

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jason Sperber

[originally posted at The Good Men Project] Last week, The Good Men Project started a conversation about race by publishing 8 articles from diverse points of view over the course of the week. However, the site launched the series last … Continue reading →

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