June 28th, 2011 by Matt | 3 Comments
From the depths of the New York Daily News comes this heartwarming story about a Stockholm preschool that has done away with both traditional fairy tales and gendered pronouns: At the “Egalia” preschool, staff avoid using words like “him” or “her” and address the 33 kids as “friends” rather than girls and boys. From the [...]
June 13th, 2011 by Matt | No Comments
As New York parents, we here at DadWagon fret a lot about preschool: where to go, how to get in, how to game the system so that our kids can wind up in the same classrooms as their friends, and where the closest bar is. But I think on some level, we all just assume [...]
May 10th, 2011 by Theodore | 4 Comments
I’m aware that in writing this post that I am opening myself up to all sorts of charges of bigotry, anti-Islamic sentiments, and even racism. I don’t think I’m coming from such a place but I guess it’s in the nature of discussing Islam in the current environment. So be it. For no particularly discernible [...]
March 15th, 2011 by Theodore | 2 Comments
And not just because I’m going to meet with my accountant today. No, there really is crappy stuff out in the world, and not all of it earthquake-related, either (BTW–to those friends and relatives who sent messages and phone calls of concern–Tomoko’s family is fine, they were in a different part of Japan, but thanks). [...]
