28 05 '25

Yes, I’m all for shyness; most certainly not against it. While I’m declaring my biases, let me also lay bare my personal involvement in this matter. I consider myself shy – always have been and assume I always will be – so the cynical could well dismiss my thinking as an indulgence in self-defense. I…
16 09 '19

When my now-fourteen-year-old son finished his first week of Kindergarten, I congratulated him on “finishing his first week!” He responded by asking me how many more weeks he had until he was done. This innocent question was one I couldn’t bear to answer: Was he wondering about weeks until he was done with Kindergarten? Until…