Scene: Cohen dinner table earlier. Son approaches father, Pokeman card in hand.
Son: Daddy, look, my friend gave me a Pokeman card at camp.
Me: Cool, I like it.
Son: I need 15 of them to play. You can buy more cards for me. They don’t cost very much. They are very, very cheap.
Me: If they don’t […]
Thanks again to everyone who keeps asking about my new nephew, Quinn. After open heart surgery and 28 days in the hospital, he’s finally safe at home.
He’s breathing and eating on his own now. My sister, her husband, and their eldest son traveled to their new home in Altoona, PA this week, a day after […]
According to beautiful screenshots leaked by ThinkSecret The next major release of Mac OS X, dubbed “Leopard” apparently has some new parental controls:
The controls allow parents to set weekday and weekend time limits as well as “bedtime” hours during which the computer cannot be accessed.
The above graphic is an excerpt. See the full screenshot […]
I’ve been writing about my new nephew Quinn and his struggles. He was born on Aug. 7, but had a congenital heart defect and required open heart surgery last week. While the surgery was a success, things were looking grim just three days ago when the doctors said it could be weeks before his […]
My wonderful father-in-law is coming to visit for a week to watch our son. Summer camp is over and school doesn’t start until next week, but my wife and I both have to work. “Papa camp,” we’re calling it. So we brainstormed a bunch of fun things he can do in and around DC — […]
My brother-in-law Michael today reported a difficult day for my new nephew:
Today was a difficult day for Quinn as he is struggling with his breathing when his oxygen is lowered and he is given freedom to breathe on his own. It could be days or weeks before his breathing tube is removed. He has a […]
I became an uncle again, for the third time on Aug 7. Quinn Lyner Horwitz was born to my sister, Heidi, and her husband, Michael. Vital statistics: 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19 inches.
But unfortunately, something was wrong right from the start. The little guy wasn’t breathing properly. The doctors soon discovered that there was […]
Problem #1: My son has too many toys. He’s blessed with generous grandparents, aunts, uncles, and somewhat invertebrate parents who sometimes buy him stuff he doesn’t really need.
Problem #2: Washington DC has over 7,000 children in families applying for emergency shelter each year. These kids don’t have enough toys.
So when we recently invited a few […]
In my view, American companies are much too stingy on the amount of leave they grant employees. European countries allow much more time on average. When I worked at the Children’s Defense Fund, they practiced what they preached. Employees got six weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave when a child was born or adopted. […]
My son is starting kindergarten next year. So I was pleased to discover GreatSchools, a site that provides data on test scores, teacher-student ratios, enrollment numbers, etc. There are also parent reviews of each school. For instance, here GreatSchools’ list of Fairfax County Public Schools and my son’s likely school, Hayfield Elementary.
Some data points need […]