Acceptable risk.

PARENTINGJoseph LongJuly 26, 2023art in process, parents and children, early childhood development, parents, children, 03-05 years old, playing Comments

Caldecott books : "Prayer for a Child" (1944)

CHILDHOODJoseph LongJune 1, 20232023, Caldecott Award, religion and spirituality, children, a day in the life, a Thursday, 03-05 years old, mathematics, reading, conflict, a snippet of life, 1944Comment

'Make a list (when you don't know where to start).'

CHILDHOOD, PARENTING, SUMMARYJoseph LongMay 2, 20222022, Skatepark School, education and learning, list, school 2021-22, memory, A Monday, 02 years old, 05 years old, 03-05 years oldComment

If you (a poem of sorts about potty-training).

PARENTINGJoseph LongSeptember 28, 20202020, poem, parents and children, 03-05 years old, 03 years oldComment

Caldecott books : "All the World" (2010 Honor Book).

BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHJoseph LongJanuary 27, 2020Caldecott Award, 2020, photograph, recommendations, 03-05 years old, 2009Comment

Ambidextrosity, the Inquisition, minotaurs (conversations with a three-year old).

Actually,
I sighed, setting down whatever important thing I was doing,
there’s a little thing called “the Spanish Inquisition,” and there were much worse things than happening during this time period. For example…

…and we went on to have a lovely father-son chit-chat about Inquisitor General Torquemada and the state of Catholicism in the 15th century.

Or maybe I helped him with his sliver. My memory is fading.

CHILDHOODJoseph LongSeptember 29, 2013JXIL, 2013, conversations, 03 years old, 03-05 years oldComment

Eleven and Out | my daughter.

CHILDHOODJosephLongApril 23, 2012Eleven and Out, MDL, conversations, 03-05 years old, 2012, 04 years old Comments

Princess Jasmine versus Lisbeth

JosephLongJanuary 7, 20122012, 365 notes, Girls, books, MDL, gender and identity, 03-05 years old Comments

Time To Say Goodbye (or at least "Goodnight")

JosephLongJanuary 6, 20122012, 365 notes, Song of the Day, childrening, food, 03-05 years old, 04 years oldComment

Everybody hurts (but especially me, due to unbearable pain that is worse than anything that anyone in the world has ever experienced, but fortunately I am quietly being brave).

JosephLongJanuary 3, 2012365 notes, Song of the Day, illustration, MDL, quotes, 03-05 years old, 04 years old, 2012, dads, early childhood development Comments

Photography with Friends

JosephLongNovember 18, 2011Adventure Log, Boys, Girls, Photography, a portrait, buddies, MDL, 00-01 year old, 03-05 years old Comments

Caldecott books : "Abraham Lincoln" (1940)

BOOKSJosephLongNovember 9, 2011Adventure Log, Caldecott Award, Jonny L. Long, Joseph Ivan Long, a portrait, books, buddies, forest, reading, MDL, 1940, recommendations, 00-01 year old, 03-05 years old Comment

Sunday Night Cinema

JosephLongJuly 18, 2011Very Little Adventures, Video, conversation, dads, movies, predictions, recommendations, rituals, MDL, quotes, 03-05 years old Comments

If you see the third one, you’ve gone too far.

JosephLongJuly 12, 2011Joseph Ivan Long, conversation, money, shopping, MDL, 03-05 years old Comments

Strawberry Jam Forever

JosephLongJuly 10, 2011Adventure Log, Video, food, MDL, DIY and making stuff, 01-02 years old, 03-05 years old Comments

Got Into a Scrap, or Two

JosephLongJuly 8, 2011art, artmaking, block rockin', cityscape, MDL, DIY and making stuff, arts and crafts, 03-05 years oldComment

Sew I say, ‘sure we can.’

JosephLongJune 11, 2011conversation, dads, sewing, MDL, DIY and making stuff, arts and crafts, 03-05 years old, 03 years old, parents and children, 2011, art by MDL, a Friday Comments

No idea where she got it.

JosephLongMay 19, 2011____ makes me ____, a snippet of life, life documentation, stories that are true, MDL, quotes, 03 years old, 03-05 years old, 2011, a Thursday Comments

Waiting.

PARENTINGJosephLongJanuary 18, 20112002, Relationships, There's So Much To Do, childrening, conversation, music, philosophizing, playlist, stories that are true, MDL, Countess Becca, photos, 00-01 year old, 03 years old, 03-05 years old Comments

Popping Stars

JosephLongJuly 6, 20102010, Joseph Ivan Long, childrening, dads, early childhood development, life documentation, newborn, siblings, MDL, photos, 03 years old, 03-05 years oldComment

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