By the time my daughter was born, I’d broken off my relationships with two other women, neither of whom were her mother. But by then, it was too late. Because of my foolishness, I found myself in the middle of an emotionally untenable quagmire; one that would ultimately destroy my dreams and visions of fatherhood […]
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Where’s My Universal Preschool?
The Case for More Publicly Funded Family Programs in Oregon
Parents of young children in Oregon face a tough financial paradox: They earn less than the national average, but pay more to raise their kids. This has been proven numerous times over the last decade in different studies—the most recent being an audit released in December by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office, which found […]
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Fly Away Home
Why We Decided to Pull Our Kid Out of School… and Into the Middle of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
It’s normal to develop anxieties when it’s necessary to move and put your kids in a new school. But when my family moved to Jerusalem (the capital of either Israel or Palestine, depending on who you ask), I had additional worries: Like maybe zealots would be offended by my appearance and pelt me with stones. […]