Category: Social Issues

Parenting Social Issues

Bailouts, New Hires, and More: My 10 Ideas For Opening Up Schools

Parenting Social Issues

How To Get Kids Involved With Activism

Musings Social Issues

10 Reasons Besides COVID You Should Wear a Mask

Musings Parenting Social Issues

Raising Fists with my Daughter

Musings Social Issues

A Call For Kindness

Whirlpool combats chronic absenteeism by donating washing machines to schools

Parenting Social Issues

Raising Boys in the #MeToo Era

I Believe Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford… And I’m sorry.

Kindergartners Should Not Have to Hide in Cubby Closets: Gun Control Now

Social Issues Travel

Visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Parenting Social Issues

“That’s It?” becomes “That’s It!” for my daughter after Frances McDormand’s Oscar Speech

Parenting Social Issues

Education On All Levels Must be Part of the #MeToo Movement

Parenting Social Issues Travel

Reliving the Dads 4 Kesem Hadrian’s Wall Hike, Loving My Community, and The Iris Awards

Faith Musings Social Issues

Hospitality and Grace: What the Christian Response to Immigration Should Be

Parenting Social Issues

Daughters, Sons, and a Trump Presidency

Facing A Trump Presidency: Finding Hope in Rocky and Nathan Bedford Forrest

Gifts Parents Hate
How often do you watch your child unwrap a present and upon seeing the gift, look over at the buyer and think, “What were you thinking?” As a father to four kids, I have quadrupled those moments. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when adults close to me buy my kids gifts. It’s a […]
Bonding With My Sons Over NBA2K21
Last year, a major bonding moment occurred between my sons (ages 16 & 8) and I. My 16-year-old went to Best Buy and came back with NBA2K20. Other than FIFA, all of my son’s games are action-type games. Not really games that you can sit alongside and compete. So when he showed me the game […]
The Lake ‘N” Pines Motel in Cooperstown: The Perfect Place to Stay With Kids
When you’re vacationing with kids, the place where you sleep needs as much consideration as what you do while on vacation. Because I have 4 kids, not only do I need to find a place where all my kids can sleep comfortably, but I need a place that has onsite activities. The hotel/motel/B&B that we […]
Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown
The farm life to a New York City kid is a foreign concept. There is a farm in Queens that is on every NYC school’s field trip schedule, but to see a farm, you must be intentional. Seeing cows, goats, and pigs in the Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo doesn’t quite show what farm life […]
Visiting Cooperstown’s Hyde Hall
Between 1817 and 1834, a mansion designed by Philip Hooker was built for George Clarke. Clarke was a wealthy landowner who inherited a fortune from his grandfather. Before construction began in 1813, Clarke married Ann Low Cary Cooper, a wealthy widow from a prominent New York family. George named his home “Hyde Hall” after his […]