Fairy Tales, Villains, And The Color Gray

Ten-year-old Little Willy and his beloved pet, Searchlight, enter a dog sled race in order to win enough money to save his grandfather’s farm. His biggest competition is a Native American named Stone Fox whose claim to fame is that he’s never lost a race. For a good portion of John Reynolds Gardiner’s book “Stone…

Reflective Intention-setting for Kids

Each December, we are barraged with images and articles encouraging us to set resolutions for the new year.  This year there seemed to be an additional set of articles about “all the things” successful people do.  In almost all of them, setting goals is near the top of the list.  I don’t know about you,…

Don’t Grow Up To Be “That Guy”

Using public transportation to and from New York City each day has given me ample opportunity to observe a wide variety of human behavior.  It has also allowed me to build up a surprising amount of angst towards particular behavior that seems to be repeated over and over. The following list encompasses some of the…