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Ryan vs. Tags

Yesterday, Ryan decided that Clothing Shall Not Have Tags. This was not based on a sensory aversion, as you might have expected; this was an aesthetic choice. The issue is that Clothing Shall Not Have Writing Inside.
Child vs. Shirts

This story begins back when he was just 3 months old and we were already having to buy him shirts for a 6 month old… born at a modest 7 pounds and 2 ounces, we had no idea that he’d grow so quickly.
Push Push Push (Part I)

This elevator button-pushing thing is getting out of hand. This morning, with barely 10 minutes to go until his bus arrived to take him to his Saturday program, Alex bolted from the apartment while I was brushing my te…
Clothes Wars

The first thing we ran into was black T shirts. Alex was six, maybe, when all he would wear for a shirt was a black T. “Makes him look tough,” I used to think, “and it’s stylish when combined w…
The Parable of the Chest of Drawers

Every year around the start of the cold damp weather, I have a drawer that keeps sticking. It's in a tall boy I keep in the attic, very close to the skylight so I guess on one of the many times I forget to close the sk…
Battle of the pants 2010

A cold front came in a couple of weeks ago, bringing with it the annual "battle of the pants." It is the daily struggle to convince a certain boy that shorts are not appropriate for 30-40 degree weather and that coat…

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