In the latest “Love, Recorded,” Matt looks back at how the column has changed over almost 2 years and finally gives some (reluctant) advice.
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Say Bye-Bye to Daddy
April 22, 2012 By 3 Comments
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt is away from the baby and wondering what makes a dad a dad.
How (Not) to Sleep Train Your Baby
March 26, 2012 By 6 Comments
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt and Cathreen deal with the vampirism of new parenthood while trying their best to sleep-train their baby civilly.
Beauty for Babies
March 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” baby Grace explores the modeling industry and Matt writes about selling and scams and the monetary value of babies.
What Korea Means to Me
February 18, 2012 By 5 Comments
In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt talks about his adoption, returning to Korea, and how parenting is culture shock.
It’s Linsanity
February 18, 2012 By 26 Comments
Matthew Salesses talks of Jeremy Lin and ESPN’s racist “Chink in the Armor” Headline.
Don’t Tell Me We Make Our Own Luck
February 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt questions the idea of luck as one unfortunate event after another befalls his family in the new year. ♦◊♦ We are poor enough that instead of a door to our kitchen, we have a shower curtain. The rod is too long for the opening, so I lodged it between [...]
25 Ways of Thinking About the Holidays
January 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
In the first Love, Recorded of 2012, Matt looks back at the holidays, the baby turns 6-months-old and vulnerable, and the family plays Sleeping Lions. ♦◊♦ 1. When I was growing up, we spent most Christmases at the house my parents got as a wedding present from my great aunt, who lived through three nominal [...]
Best of 2011: My Daughter
December 18, 2011 By 3 Comments
In the latest “Love, Recorded,” Matt takes on the new year, best of lists, worst of lists, and the rash, while wondering about the changes past and to come. Baby Grace has a big year ahead of her.
Early Childhood Education
December 4, 2011 By 5 Comments
The “Love, Recorded” column is back, and Matt and Cathreen are educating baby Grace. How early is early education?
Pepper Spray and Police Violence: How Do We Explain Freedom To Our Children?
November 20, 2011 By 56 Comments
Matt Salesses doesn’t know how to tell his daughter that she is not being lied to when she learns about freedom.
Strange Love or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Respect the Baby
October 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” baby Grace teaches her parents a lesson and does some PR for her dad.
A Good Man From the Past: Betrayer or Betrayed?
October 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
In 1953, Corporal Edward Dickenson returned from a North Korean POW camp a hero. Only months later, he was serving a 10-year sentence for collaborating with the enemy.
Occupy Versus the Tea Party: Reconsidered
October 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
Sure, they’re both movements for change, Matthew Salesses writes, but the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street are fundamental opposites.
Great Stress
October 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
In this installment of Love, Recorded, Cathreen’s joints hurt, Matt turns into a zombie, and baby Grace gives her parents a precious gift on her 100th day of life.
The End of Gender: What Can We Do As New Parents?
October 2, 2011 By 9 Comments
The Love, Recorded column takes on gender. Cute baby pictures are included. Dolls are another story.
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“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”
This is a comment by James on the post “What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex”.