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Change Becomes You

·Dec 16, 2021

Want to Remake Our Nation?

If you’ve had a good run, give others a turn to shine. Next, how about transforming your nation working as a full-time dad? — On an early Tuesday afternoon my daughter and I play at South Park. Games of follow the leader, snacks and of course tag headline our agenda — typical activities for me, a full-time dad. Raising my kids full-time is a memorable chapter in my “storied” life. Not as fun as…

Parenting

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Want to Remake Our Nation?
Want to Remake Our Nation?
Parenting

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ILLUMINATION

·Sep 28, 2021

Helping my daughter with her anxiety

My experience handling my six-year-old’s anxiety after COVID restrictions and distance learning. — Fear dared not enter my youngest daughter’s psyche. At the playgrounds, she befriended most any child by opening with, “Hi, I’m Bianca. I’m six. I have a loose tooth.” At the climbing gym, she’d scale 50-foot walls without a glance back. …

Anxiety

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Helping my daughter with her anxiety
Helping my daughter with her anxiety
Anxiety

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Aug 31, 2021

Abuelo’s Masterful Gift

Once upon a time, there was a handsome man who often recounted his amorous encounters. After his stories, he would in jest bemoan the burden his beauty bore. “Es una carrera ser lindo.” Don Ernesto my Abuelo passed this month at the age of 100. While fond memories of lechón…

Death

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Abuelo’s Masterful Gift
Abuelo’s Masterful Gift
Death

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Jun 21, 2021

The meaning of fatherhood.

Circling turkey vultures look down as I hang from miniature knobs halfway up a sheer ten-storey volcanic tuff wall. While I’m safely strapped fear climbs alongside. “Are humans intended to scale these walls?” fear asks. Once safely down, each of my children takes a turn completing the 80-foot climb. Unlike…

Fatherhood

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The meaning of fatherhood.
The meaning of fatherhood.
Fatherhood

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LEVEL

·May 20, 2021

I Erased My Ethnicity to Blend In — But at What Cost?

After years of assimilation, I relearned the importance of loving myself — and my Puerto Rican culture — in full — Once upon a time on a Caribbean island, I would climb palms, knock down coconuts, and sell them for a dollar. But 35 years have passed since my family left Puerto Rico for the States. …

Identity

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I Erased My Puerto Rican Ethnicity to Survive in the U.S. — But at What Cost?
I Erased My Puerto Rican Ethnicity to Survive in the U.S. — But at What Cost?
Identity

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Modern Parent

·Apr 23, 2021

Should distance learning replace traditional education?

Reflecting on the positives distance schooling delivered. — Distance learning was far from ideal. Who wasn’t angry that public schools couldn’t find a more creative solution to teaching? But, this article does not chronicle my complaints about the school year. …

Distance Learning

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Should distance learning replace traditional education?
Should distance learning replace traditional education?
Distance Learning

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Mar 26, 2021

Modeling healthy eating habits during distance learning

How I got my kids to think about the five food groups at (most) every meal

Healthy Eating

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Modeling healthy eating habits during distance learning
Modeling healthy eating habits during distance learning
Healthy Eating

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Mar 25, 2021

How are we going to vote in the election?

A lesson on researching, analyzing, debating, and voting on federal, state and local elections and ballot measures. For better or for worse, my children were consumed by the 2020 election. They peppered me with questions about a candidate or an issue. …

Voting

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Voting

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Mar 24, 2021

Teaching the basics of credit cards

The perils of paying the credit card minimum after unabashed charging Over the years I’ve had friends end up with massive credit card debt. My friends amassed the debt by spending unabashedly and then only paying the monthly minimum. It’s not surprising a person might think it is fine to…

Credit Cards

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Teaching the basics of credit cards
Teaching the basics of credit cards
Credit Cards

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Mar 23, 2021

Teaching the basics of art and music

The benefits of asking family to regularly practice drawing and singing with my children — Probably the easiest lessons taught this year were those taught by others in my family. My brother who illustrates for Netflix Animation resonated with the lessons on scale and point perspective. …

Music

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Teaching the basics of art and music
Teaching the basics of art and music
Music

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Jorge Robert

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San Francisco stay-at-home dad of 3 writing the next chapter

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