Category: Middle School

• On Being Cool

  

  Had a meltdown on my tween son when he asked, yet again, for an iPad at breakfast this morning. Before the iPad he wanted a laptop. He’d insisted he needed my old HP the moment I purchased my Toshiba, though he could give no reason why he had to have it, since he had a powerful PC […]

  jcafesin

  March 16, 2022

  children, Family, family life, Middle School, moms, parenting, parents, raising kids, Teen, Tween

  Apple, cool, dadlife, gamer, hip, ios, ipad, iphone, laptops, momlife, mompreneur, moms, raising teens, raising tweens, single mom, streamer, trending, trendy

• Boy Scouts of Faith-Based America

  

  On the short ride home from his Boy Scout meeting, my 11 yr old son was quiet and sullen. I asked him what was up. Had anything happened at the meeting that he wanted to talk about? I saw him looking at me from my rear view mirror, gauging how to tell me disappointing news. […]

  jcafesin

  March 15, 2022

  atheism, atheists, christians, dads, Family, family life, jews, K-12, Kids, Middle School, moms, parenting, parents, politics, psychology, racism, Religion, republicans

  agnostic, boy scouts, christianity, christians, conservatives, faith, god, godless, jewish, muslim, non-believers, racists

• Learning How to Learn

  

  The doors, or gates to learning are shutting down in your head. You are so freaked out because some lazy teacher made you feel stupid, and you bought it, hook, line and sinker. Stop it!

  jcafesin

  July 19, 2018

  education, educators, Middle School, parenting, parents, UC Berkeley, Uncategorized

  cal berkeley, College applications, educators, GRE, high school, learning, SATs, stanford, teachers, teaching