Category Archives for Kids

The Man With the Yellow Hat is a Very Peculiar Man

My old­est son loves him some Curi­ous George. The books, the show (on PBS) and even the toys, but he wouldn’t buy one of those toys because it’s not a super­hero or a Planet Hero, but if those didn’t exist … Con­tinue read­ing →

12. September 2008 by Glenn Vance
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The Underlying Sadness of “Harold and the Purple Crayon”

My old­est boy and I have been read­ing the 50th anniver­sary edi­tion of “Harold and the Pur­ple Crayon” by Crock­ett John­son for a cou­ple of nights now. It’s a nice hard­back col­lec­tion of four of the Harold sto­ries and Noah … Con­tinue read­ing →

18. July 2008 by Glenn Vance
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A Disturbing Trend in Children’s Birthday Parties

Being a dad I’ve hosted birth­day par­ties in the past and have often had to go to birth­day par­ties of the chil­dren of friends of ours. It’s a trade off — you buy my kid a gift and that enti­tles … Con­tinue read­ing →

06. August 2007 by Glenn Vance
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Wipes

One night Noah was hav­ing a pretty hard time try­ing to go to sleep — he was cry­ing, yelling, whin­ing, gen­eral dis­cord. He was up and down, out of bed, back to bed, out of bed again, so on, so … Con­tinue read­ing →

07. July 2006 by Glenn Vance
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