All Entries in the "Children" Category
A Trophy for Everyone: The Seeds of Entitlement
When I was growing up, I played sports. Basketball was what I eventually settled on by high school but prior to that I also played baseball and ran track. When there was a tournament during the year or the playoffs at the end of the season, there were winners and there were losers. The winners got [...]
The Christmas Spirit and Customer Service: Return of the Grinch
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com
Part 2 of The Christmas Spirit and Customer Service. Part 1 was published December 8, 2007
I look forward to the month of December and Christmas more than any other time of the year. The music, the decorations, the meaning of the holiday, the snow - so much good cheer in the air. So much [...]
Can Two Sisters Control the Universe?
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com
There was a time not so long ago when we were the parents that got a good chuckle over the wild stories we heard from other parents about their children. The assaults on their sanity, the mass chaos that would commence without warning and the meltdowns in stores. Good laughs, indeed, because surely [...]
They Said It, I Read It and a Car Horn
By Christopher Gabriel
Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com
The past few weeks have been loaded with what amounts to a verbal and prose buffet’s-worth of items screaming for attention in Blog Harbor. With that in mind, grab your coffee, get comfy and let’s chat.
Hi Sweetie-Pie
I grew up in a family that frequently used names like honey and sweetie [...]
My Daughter, A Snowman and a Lesson
It’s the first week of December here in Minneapolis and it’s snowing. A lot. If you’re scoring at home, today’s heavy snow makes it two large snow days over the past 96 hours. 10 years ago, no one would blink at that. But it’s been at least four years since that kind of snow has fallen [...]
