I got used to pulling out my wallet for my school kids. The same shopping trip for the shot glasses, my own little boy asked if he could have something-or-another. I remember telling him, “Sweetie, we can’t afford that.”
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42 Things to Get Your Kid Ready for School
There are different rituals for different families at this season of the year. When I was little, I got a new pair of shoes and a new “outfit”. My brothers got new “clothes” because, as they explained to me with a sneer, boys don’t wear “outfits” after the age of two. Mom took her six [...]
Take a Deep Breath
The Net is about connecting. It’s about reaching.
It’s an electronic whisper in an ear that wants to know. And then wants to know more. And then wants to reach out to others. It’s about making a whisper a shout and giving form to the shout so it becomes a mighty chorus working in harmony to do something to help
The End of Our Broadcasting Day
We have reached the end of that simple, sleepy innocence, and we have reached the End of Our Broadcasting Day. People have found a new voice that can make its way to any screen. They are using that voice in profoundly important ways. When you find one that reaches you, touches you, you cannot not act.
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Ordinary people who care are capable of doing extraordinary things. They are the people who change the world.
