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Creativity fail

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 29, 2015
Post category:Words
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When you have to affix a sheet of computer paper below your artsy sign in order to translate a three-letter word that could only be one of two words, you…

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Back to School Edition

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 28, 2015
Post category:Parenting Teaching
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I appeared on Slate's parenting podcast, Mom and Dad Are Fighting, this week, discussing what parents can do in the first week of school to help ensure their children's success.…

Three siblings. All hit by cars. It’s weird. Right?

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 28, 2015
Post category:Autobiography
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It occurred to me during a visit with my sister that my brother, my sister, and I have all been hit by cars at some point in our lives. "That…

How to make a reader in one easy, high effective step

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 27, 2015
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My daughter can read. She's six years old and started first grade yesterday, and that girl can legitimately read books. Hard books. Real books. She can read books that I…

The hardest part about my visit to Brazil

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 26, 2015
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So much about my trip to Brazil this summer was outstanding. The people who I met and the places I visited will remain with me forever. Here was the hardest…

A possibly faceitious question about his penis

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 25, 2015
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I took my three-year-old son into a porta-potty. He had to go, and we were desperate. "Don't touch anything," I warned him as I lifted him onto the seat. He…

Shortcomings and Flaws: 2015

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 24, 2015
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A reader once accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it comes to my salary,…

Dirt Mountain

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 23, 2015
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With the entire beach - sand and water and toys - available to them, my children are naturally drawn to the thrill of a pile of dirt.

When in Brazil, go see Judy.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 22, 2015
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I met a person in Brazil named Judy. If you ever travel to São Paulo and need a fascinating person to guide you, Judy is the person to hire. She…

Observations from a week in Brazil

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:August 21, 2015
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Brazil was only the second country outside the United States that I visited, so some of my observations may apply to many other places, and probably do. But in terms…