Cheers to you and an exciting New Year! On New Year’s mornings in hometown Milwaukee in the mid-nineties, my... read more →
I might feel differently if I were a kid who’d been told last January that I needed braces on my... read more →
My child Harry, now 24, grew up lighting candles on our menorah and hanging ornaments on our tree.... read more →
(This piece also appears on HuffPost Parents.) I ran into a friend recently who I hadn’t seen since high school.... read more →
DEAR SANTA CLAUS When eight-year-old Gary’s request to the North Pole for a Brenda Ann doll is denied, a series of... read more →
MY BIG NEWS IS A BIG DEAL! It may be Black Friday in the retail universe, but it's... read more →
My 30-something friend Greg told me that his 50-something friend Peter met a transvestite for the first... read more →
There’s an entry in The Harry Chronicles – a collection of “Harryisms” my now 24-year-old son expressed during their* first decade –... read more →
LEAVE YOUR MISCONCEPTIONS AT THE DOOR I used my first gender-neutral restroom recently. I don’t mean I... read more →
HOW MANY COSTUMES CAN ONE KID HAVE? “I know I posted a Halloween piece last week, but how... read more →
