When I leave my wife alone with our two kids, there’s always that question: Will anything happen while I’m gone? I don’t mean in the tragic sense—I’m not so inveterate of a worrier—I mean more in the pedestrian sense. As in, will the baby wake up? will the toddler have a meltdown? That momentary uncertainty … Continue reading On Schrödinger’s childcare
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On the joy of talking to parents about parenting
How did no one tell us about this? This was the mantra for the first year of life as a parent. There's the hard stuff they don't tell you—the sleepless nights, the visits to urgent care, the devious and various behavioral "regressions." And there's the good stuff, too—the toothless smiles, the first words, the innocent … Continue reading On the joy of talking to parents about parenting
On learning to pay a different type of attention to toddlers
As my first kiddo crosses the threshold from baby to to toddler, I've been pondering what that transition means as a parent. The biggest shift I sense is the type of attention you give them. With a newborn (and later an older baby), a parent's attentional powers have pretty a clear directive: Keep this child … Continue reading On learning to pay a different type of attention to toddlers
Taylor Coe 