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Conversations While Drawing

The other day, I was watching A., who has just turned four, while he drew at the kitchen table. Here is the (rough) transcript of our conversation: [Somehow, the topic of New York City comes up...] Erin: “A., do you know anything about New York City?” A: “Yes.” Erin (surprised): “You do? What’s that?” A: [...]

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Man with Baby

Jesse doesn’t hold many babies. (I can count on one hand the number of babies I’ve seen him hold. One.) It’s not that he doesn’t like babies. He just doesn’t have much experience with them, and therefore resists holding them. To him, they seem fragile and unpredictable. When babies become toddlers, he becomes the “fun [...]

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Late in the Game

Yesterday, I was in a crowded waiting room, trying to read Joan Didion’s Miami. I kept being distracted by the conversations around me, though, so I didn’t get very far into my book. A couple of middle-aged women cooed over a two-year-old girl with a sippy cup. They launched into a discussion about their kids [...]

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McQueen

A., the three-year-old boy I babysit, has a puzzle with cars marked with numbers. Each car has a metal tab on top, and the puzzle comes with a “tow truck” piece with a magnet that dangles so you can “go fish” for cars. A. has named both the tow truck and the cars (though all [...]

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The Impossible Miss Z

You need to read this blog. That is all. The Impossible Miss Z

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