20 Seconds of Courage (over and over again)

April 9, 2013April 11, 20135 Comments

Thanks to Cameron Crowe, we have a new parenting philosophy around our house. Recently, as a family, we watched We Bought a Zoo, where Matt Damon’s character, Benjamin Mee, invokes 20 seconds of courage as a lifestyle mantra. We don’t learn about it until late in the movie when Mee’s mopey son has something to … Continue reading 20 Seconds of Courage (over and over again)

“I Said Ay, Man…” (So, you want to be a Huxtable)

April 1, 2013April 2, 20132 Comments

If it isn’t enough that my children—thanks to XM radio’s 80’s on 8—think that Beat It and Come on Eileen are current radio hits, add to that my insistence on exposing them to the child-rearing of the Huxtable family and let’s see what we have here. Kids who live in a time warp of one-hit … Continue reading “I Said Ay, Man…” (So, you want to be a Huxtable)