Involving Kids in Community Care
Resisting the instinct to hold vulnerability at a distance
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When Food Is Hope
An essential, concrete way to be of use today
The Power of Joyful Defiant Absurdity
Learning about resistance from children
The Problem with the Oxygen Mask Analogy
What if we tried breathing together instead of rationing air
Giving Care More Social Clout
How we understand community and resist the appeal of bullies
Have Some Whimsy!
The power in going big with your most playful impulses
Our Obsession with Debate
Reflecting on the tyranny of a singular form of expression
When the World Rages
Look for those who need somewhere to rest
Everything We Do Builds the Future
Violence is ultimately always about children
We Need to Talk About Children’s Rights
And about the seductive mirage of parents’ rights
Finding Our Footing
On the myth of milestones and an embrace of unsteadiness
What Medium Would You Wish To Be Drenched In?
Finding purpose and intention in the waning summer days
Education
What Communal Safety Really Means
Reclaiming language and learning within contexts of care
News and Politics
I Dream of a Million Kites
We could prevent so much sorrow by getting better at sharing joy
Hope
How We Keep Going
On stumbling and doubting and continuing to hope and care anyway
Poetry
Why I Always Begin with Poetry
A love letter to Andrea Gibson, sunbeams, and open-hearted storytellers
Child Development
The Children Expect Us in the Future
Committing to possibility when we feel the tug of fear or cynicism
Hope
Growing Through the Cracks
Finding our way amidst instability
Parenting
The Love That's Possible
Even when everything appears to be going wrong
Power of Art
On Slowing Down & Looking Closely
Curiosity and attention are the muscles that help us resist apathy
Child Development
What Children Know about Power
And why we should stop comparing tyrants to children
News and Politics
Welcome to Our New Home!
And why the small choices we make matter
Hope
Holding onto the Thread
Thoughts on a year of committing to hope and what’s to come
Hope
What Will You Save?
How we move forward step by step even when the task seems too big