A Neighborhood Boy with No Parents Around

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Would you help a neighbor in need?

Can We Talk about the “Busy Trap”?

It’s summer. Yesterday my kids (who are 12 and 9) slept until 9:30 am. They got up and watched “Home Alone” for the first time (we’d procured it for a road trip last weekend and they hadn’t gotten around to viewing). Then they went outside and rode scooters and chased the neighbor kids around in [...]

25 Ways of Thinking About the Holidays

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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 [...]

Obama Appoints Kevin McCallister

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“Several unnamed White House officials have confirmed that President Obama has appointed fellow Chicagoan, Kevin McCallister, as Special Consultant to the Secret Service’s detail.” By Katharine Gingrich