The storytelling tradition in my family was handed down by my father, and his father before him. I was blessed with a dad who would get down on his hands and knees to show me an ant scurrying into a crevice of the sidewalk, and then invent the tale of “Antoine the Ant.” Antoine, like [...]
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Do Dads and Moms Tell Stories Differently? A Shout-Out to Storytelling Dads on Father’s Day
Posted in gender, Parenting, Storytelling, Uncategorized on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Attack of the Princess Zombies: If You Can’t Beat Them, Change Them
Posted in gender, Parenting, Storytelling, values on March 16, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Last night my 4 yr. old daughter tucked her neck demurely into her shoulder, flung her wrist into the air dramatically, and curtseyed. My husband exhaled sharply through his teeth. “What’s the problem?” I asked. The move was weird, unnatural, but so what? He pointed to the floor, where a paper Barbie doll from [...]
