Team Gray!

I heard my father say, “You better call him Dr. when you call him…”, referring to his former colleague. I silently finished the sentence, “because he sacrificed his family for that degree.” Harsh, I know. But in all the talk about how important education is, what are we really talking about? Advanced degrees that we [...]

A child peruses her activity books. She settles on a very used pair of Kid Concoction books. She pulls out a sheet of notebook paper and lists all the activities she’d like to do. She casually asks her mother if she can make a snow globe. She and her siblings gather the materials and make [...]

Say your child is the most inquisitive, sensitive, intelligent person. You love talking to him, filling his mind with wisdom every day. He alone is enough for you, and you are enough for him. Then you find yourself around other children, nasty little beasts. Those children are uncivilized, uncultivated, and…did that dirty little person just [...]