Steve Edwards struggles to appreciate the small moments of grace he encounters every day as an overworked parent.
When We Read Together, We ARE Together: How Maurice Sendak Saved My Son and Me
In this #DadsRead tribute, Steve Edwards tells the story of how Maurice Sendak’s “In the Night Kitchen” opened his eyes to how the simple act of reading can be educational for both parents AND children.
The Last Personality Quiz You Will Ever Need: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Examined Life
Steve Edwards wants you to know that thinking about your life as a story will tell you way more about your personality than any online quiz ever could.
“Being a Father Is Being a Question”: What a New Anthology on Fatherhood Has to Say About Being a Dad
Steve Edwards talks to Brian Gresko, the editor behind the upcoming “When I First Held You”, about literary fathers, gender and parenting, and the transformative power of becoming a dad
Beatbox Kid Tears It Up: Watch Jordan Greene Become the Coolest Kid In School
When famed guitarist Michael Kelsey performed at an Ohio middle school, he didn’t expect to find a musical prodigy sitting the audience, just waiting for his chance to perform
100 Words on Love: February, 1942
The threat of war, the fear of death: none of that in the photograph.
I Sent an Opossum to Preschool in Place of My Son and No One Noticed
When a preschool refused to see his son as anything more than an autism diagnosis waiting to happen, Steve Edwards decided to test the extent of the school’s diagnosis tunnel vision
One Bad Diagnosis: The Help That Would Have Harmed My Son
Steve Edwards recounts how flawed childhood testing almost sent his young son down a very dangerous path
Postcards from a Birth Story
Steve Edwards recalls in postcard-sized vignettes the strangeness, humor, and grace leading up to the birth of his son.
The Day I Found My Voice: Becoming the Father My Family Needed
Steve Edwards argues that the day he became an advocate for his son’s undiagnosed medical problems was the day he truly became a father.
Not Failure But Courage: Parenting a Special Child
Steve Edwards wonders why our culture makes it so difficult for parents to ask for help.