Category: Parenting
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Tennessee-Ohio State: Lessons from a Bloodbath
“The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” -Ernie Banks One of the blessings of sport is the lessons it teaches. And one of the challenges of being a dad is finding those lessons when they are not readily apparent. Like when your team is down 21 points midway through…
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Lions-Packers: First Time Peeing in a Parking Garage
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” Bill Shankly I took my son James to the Lions-Packers Thursday night last week, and I’m still processing the experience. It was my first game…
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A Fish In Water
“The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived lives of his parents.”—Carl Jung I spent three hours at a swim meet at Mack Pool in Ann Arbor last Tuesday, packed thigh to thigh on bleachers with a hundred other parents, cheering on my 9-year-old, who was in the water for exactly 3 minutes…
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