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Life Reflected

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A dad reflecting on his own coming of age while doing his best to help his son and daughter navigate and enjoy the formative years.

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  • Keeping the Hopes Alive

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 13:53 in high school, teens, teen dating, social development, school dances

    Erica, the extremely popular girl, won’t be dissolving into the sea of Philip’s gal-peers any time soon. Light itself behaves differently when it touches her. Her eyes are engaging. Her smile is alluring. Her laugher is intoxicating. She is thin,...

  • Ad Hoc Tween Scooter Socials

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 00:03 in parenting, dads, tweens, social development

    Our neighborhood has a huge number of tweens between the ages of nine and eleven. Rita’s daughter Jasmine is nine and Rita’s son Gary is ten. Add to that Chloe who is ten and Veronica’s younger brother David who is eleven and at least four more...

  • No Summertime Blues

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 23:01 in teens, teen career planning

    Besides babysitting, younger teenagers have little opportunity to earn money. This is especially true for boys, since most parents want a girl to do the sitting. Philip actually has a babysitting job. Rita, our friend down the street, pays him thirty...

  • Extremely Popular Girl and the first High School Dance

    Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 19:28 in high school, teens, teen dating, social development, school dances

    If Philip’s life in Hermes were a Hollywood movie, Erica would be cast as the villain. Her popularity is off the charts. And isn’t the most popular girl always the villain in a Hollywood movie? But this is not a movie, of course. It is real life....

  • Building on a Fragile Foundation

    Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 01:21 in parenting, teens, dads, teen dating

    Meeting Layla evoked feelings Philip hadn’t felt before. The day after she met him, she asked him out and he accepted. It was only a few days before school was about to begin. The idea of arriving at school dating one of the girls in his class was ...

  • Campus Warlords … Sort Of

    Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 14:48 in teens, social development

    Philip is still in his first month at Hermes High School. He hosted a party to reconnect with friends as well as make new ones shortly before school began. One of the new friends he made at the party, Layla, asked him out and the two had their first ...

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