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Category Archives: Matthew
Immersion
新年快乐 – Happy New Year! We spent the afternoon on Saturday celebrating the Chinese New Year. It was a great afternoon of a dragon dance, songs, and dancing. This isn’t something that’s part of my heritage or my wife’s heritage, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese, Language Immersion, School
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America’s Best Idea – for Kids
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Posted in Douglas, Grounded Parents, Matthew
Tagged Alaska, Junior Rangers, National Parks, Washington DC
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Little Things: On the Right Track
D waved me down. I stopped the lawnmower and walked over to my 7-year-old to see what was going on. To my surprise, he and his 5-year-old brother were in their pajamas. J was out for the evening, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Douglas, Grounded Parents, Matthew
Tagged Critical Thinking, Ethical, Growth, Maturity, Science
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Revealing the Big Secret
The boys hadn’t really been asking about sex, but sometimes it would come up indirectly. For example, “sexy” is a banned word at D’s school, and during his kindergarten year, he asked me what it meant. “Ummm… It means you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Douglas, Grounded Parents, Matthew
Tagged "what's the Big Secret?", book review, comprehensive sex education, kids, Parenting, sex, sex education, sexuality
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You Are Very Compatible in Almost All Areas…
The Pastor came back with the results of our test. We were in his office for pre-marital counseling, and he had just given us some sort of couple’s compatibility test to see how we matched up. When he came back … Continue reading
Posted in Douglas, Grounded Parents, Matthew
Tagged Baptism, Communion, Compromise, Funerals, Lutherans, Marriages, wedding
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Fighting the Nature Deficit
Over the Winter Break, we visited my parents in a valley in Western Montana. From their living room, I had a view of farmland turning into forest turning into a mountain range with snow-capped peaks. We saw bald eagles from … Continue reading
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Tagged Gardening, Grounded Parents, Louv, Mountains, Nature, Scouting
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Grounded Parents Crosspost: Is Mr. Oogie Boogie Really that Scary?
I just posted another article to Grounded Parents, the secular parenting blog to which I contribute. This article talks about my impatient desire to share stories, books, and movies with my kids, even though they aren’t ready yet. I’m crossposting … Continue reading
Posted in Douglas, Grounded Parents, Matthew
Tagged Disney, Fear, Grounded Parents, Patience, Popular Culture
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NASA, Nassau, and Baseball
We got back a few days ago from a Spring Break trip to Florida. We had a really good time with the boys and Oma (Jenny’s mom) as we took a short cruise to the Bahamas, caught a Cardinals Spring … Continue reading
Posted in Douglas, Matthew, Travel
Tagged Baseball, Cardinals, Carnival, Cruise, Florida, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Randi, Spring Training, Travel, vacation
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I don’t even know him anymore
After we saw Toy Story 3, Douglas was so excited about it that he decided he was Buzz Lightyear. I wasn’t too surprised; such association seems normal, and I assumed it would pass. It’s now been months, and not only … Continue reading