Monthly Archives: December 2012

December 31, 2012

Looking Back, and Looking Forward

Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / Uncategorized /

So, here we are, the tail end of another year. I got older, my kids got older, and bigger, and stranger. My big boy uses deodorant now (I’m not embarrassing him by saying this, he was excited to hear that he’d reached this milestone.) Meanwhile my little boy (oops — I promised him I wouldn’t […]

December 18, 2012

I Am Not Afraid of School Shootings. Are You?

Denise Schipani / 15 Comments / Uncategorized / Adam Lanza, fear, Newtown CT, school safety, school shootings /

I wasn’t planning to write a post about the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. I feel as though there are no real words one can say here. All we have our feelings, and mine have been rubbed raw. But I am a writer, and as such, before I write, I analyze. And I’ve […]

December 6, 2012

Beware the White Van! How Do You Balance Safety with Fear?

Denise Schipani / 6 Comments / parenting controversies /

Kids! Beware the white panel van! I kid, sort of, but we got one of those robo calls from the school district superintendent last night informing us about two girls being approached or called out to, while they were walking home from school, by someone in a white van. (I’m sure a letter is coming, […]