Eric Jones posts

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Where to Buy White Low-Heel Shoes for Flower Girls Ages 6–10: A Parent’s Shopping Story The shoe boxes were stacked up ...

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How to Understand Why Grown-Ups Use “We” When They’re Only Talking to the Kid The waiting room had the usual hum of a Tuesday...

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Photo Walk with My 7-Year-Old Niece: A Simple Confidence-Building Activity Last Saturday, Maya and I were on the floor of my ...

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Why 4-Month-Olds Love Light and Shadows (And How to Use That at Home) Tuesday afternoon, our kitchen table had a pile of mail...

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What Happens When You Stop Worrying About Finishing the Book The book was about volcanoes. Or maybe it was about planets. I h...

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Why “What Are You Proud Of?” Is the Wrong Question for Girls (And What to Ask Instead) The first time I asked it,...

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Why the daycare teacher yelled at my baby and what we did about it I got to the daycare a little early because my dentist app...

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My 6-Year-Old Can’t Tell Me About His Day—and Homework Recall Is a Daily Struggle I was standing at the school gate las...

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My School Removed the Bathroom Doors to Stop Kids Talking in There — A Teacher Explains What Happened The morning I first not...

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“Mom, I’m bored.” It was Saturday, 9:15 in the morning, and my six-year-old was standing in the kitchen with the ...