by jstewardfree | Oct 26, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Desrosiers Dear Son, I address you as son and not “Ryan,” because at core I’m your father, not your friend. Father and son are roles that come with expectations. My job has always been to prepare you for self-government: to ensure that your heart, gray...
by jstewardfree | Jun 1, 2015 | Grey Matter
By John Rosemond | A major U.S. newspaper recently ran a piece detailing all the ways children benefit from doing chores. Well, not all the ways. They failed to mention the most important benefit: Chores, properly managed, teach citizenship values. “Properly...
by jstewardfree | Dec 24, 2014 | Grey Matter
The Dissident Dad | When recent headlines range from a women going to jail for not mowing her lawn, to the tracking technology embedded in each of our cell phones, you can get easily depressed and discouraged simply by being aware of the world you live in. I remember...
by jstewardfree | Aug 4, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Rachel Sheffield | Among young adults, first comes baby, then (maybe) comes marriage. This increasingly is the new normal. According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, 57 percent of mothers between 26 and 31 are unmarried when their child is born. But...
