Brain, Child Magazine originally published my essay on hugging my tween son (why he needs it and how I screwed it up), and now, through a partnership, the essay has been reprinted in the Huffington Post HuffPost Parents section here. Nice to see the story continues to resonate with readers.
My latest essay published by Brain, Child Magazine is about why my 10 year old son needs hugs and how I screwed that up: My 10-year-old son can be a train wreck. I know it’s not his fault. His limbs are growing faster than he knows, and his brain is all over the place, from the…
My latest contribution to the Boston Globe Magazine came in the Connections column on Sunday June 23, 2013 begins this way: A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN IS BLOCKING THE BASE PATH. He’s clearly in the wrong here, so I shove him forward, and as he stumbles, I race toward second base. Wiffle ball is not to be trifled…
Life lessons I learned while watching two spelling bees, published in Brain, Child Magazine. My two children recently competed in city-wide spelling bees. Sitting in the audience, my vocabulary didn’t improve, but I learned a lot about life. Luckily, I took notes in the form of Twitter missives. For example: Life is not about spelling…
Here’s my latest publication, for the Boston Globe Magazine’s Connections column. It’s about the birds and the bees and what that phrase helps explain about sexuality (spoiler: it explains nothing).
I occasionally write about the kids for one reason or another and the Globe has published a recent essay on identity and food shopping here.
After my nephew Harrison came to visit us, I wrote a short essay about being an uncle vs. being a father and it was published in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine yesterday. Here’s the link.
Jack Cheng, PhD 