A great pleasure of parenting for me has been the ability either to return consciously and eagerly to kids’ media and culture that I always loved but was driven away from by age (being able to go into toy stores without looking like a creeper is an especially big plus), Read more…
Below are the Peabody Award winners and finalists for 2016, as announced in Spring 2017, along with some personal notes (including some hat-tips to the ones I especially adored). Winners In the Dark This American Life, “Anatomy of Doubt” “Wells Fargo Hurts Whistleblowers” (NPR report) The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Read more…
Midway through the first season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, lead character Clay (Dylan Minnette) chats with his dad about why Clay is depressed and behaving strangely. Mr. Jensen (Josh Hamilton) confides in his teenage son that he hated high school. He was bullied, he admits, but he assures his Read more…