http://edlamaze.com Sun, 06 May 2012 18:15:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/13/in-1492.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/13/in-1492.aspx#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:41:46 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3140 http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/13/in-1492.aspx/feed 0 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/30/my-kid-cant-cut-a-straight-line-to-save-his-life.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/30/my-kid-cant-cut-a-straight-line-to-save-his-life.aspx#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:33:53 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3094 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/30/my-kid-cant-cut-a-straight-line-to-save-his-life.aspx/feed 0 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/20/the-patience-of-job.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/20/the-patience-of-job.aspx#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:07:18 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3065 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/20/the-patience-of-job.aspx/feed 0 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/18/we-win-or-lose.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/18/we-win-or-lose.aspx#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:34:03 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3058 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/18/we-win-or-lose.aspx/feed 0 http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:55:41 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2697 http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx/feed 8 http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/16/thats-the-guy-who-sang-in-tarzan.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/16/thats-the-guy-who-sang-in-tarzan.aspx#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:46:42 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=914 http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/16/thats-the-guy-who-sang-in-tarzan.aspx/feed 13 http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/14/demoralizing-dad-the-piano-showdown.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/14/demoralizing-dad-the-piano-showdown.aspx#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:34:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/demoralizing-dad-the-piano-showdown/ There are two schools of thought on the whole let your kids win thing.  One states that you should never let them win.  They should have to earn it just as in real life.  It builds confidence, strength, character and a greater appreciation of the victory.  The other school of thought is to toss in the towel, let your kids win every once in a while.  It builds confidence, strength, character and a greater appreciation of the victory.  I'm torn on the whole issue.  While I'm all for winning and ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/14/demoralizing-dad-the-piano-showdown.aspx/feed 26 http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/08/you-are-so-going-to-lose.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/08/you-are-so-going-to-lose.aspx#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:10:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/you-are-so-going-to-lose/ Stagnant.  Stalled.  Halted. At an impasse.  Distracted.  Amotivated.  Indifferent.  She just won't do it!  I don't want to.  I'm not going to!  These are just a few of the words or phrases that I could use to describe the current state of Zoë's piano lessons.  It would appear that as the temperatures rise outside her willingness to apply energy towards practice inversely falls.  Two weeks in a row she has failed to meet her contracted practice commitment of 90 minutes.  (That's a week people, not a day!)  My frustration level is at an all time ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/04/08/you-are-so-going-to-lose.aspx/feed 14 http://edlamaze.com/2008/02/18/youve-made-me-proud.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/02/18/youve-made-me-proud.aspx#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:11:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/02/youve-made-me-proud/ She looked up and forced a smile, half of a smile, really for what she would have preferred were tears.  I saw it in her eyes, in her face, in her body.  Did you hear it, her eyes were asking.  Do you think Mrs.  Bender noticed?  What about the the rest of them.  Do you think they heard it?  She was being brave, consummate, strong.  I smiled, proud and winked at her.  You did good.  I didn't bring it up, never even hinted.

We've signed a contract, Zoë and I.  Ninety minutes a week.  It's usually ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/02/18/youve-made-me-proud.aspx/feed 12 http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/20/a-line-in-the-sand.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/20/a-line-in-the-sand.aspx#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:01:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/a-line-in-the-sand/ Yesterday was a long day.  Inordinately long.  I would probably even go so far as to say that there were extra minutes inserted somewhere between the hours of 10:00 am and 1:30 pm.  As the week draws to an end, fatigue rears it's ugly head around our house and no one seems immune, myself included.  While the kids will bound from their beds bright eyed and jubilant on a Monday morning filled with the anticipatory excitement that a new week holds for them, by Thursday and Friday it's a bit more like trying to get the uninvited... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/20/a-line-in-the-sand.aspx/feed 1 http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/17/the-student-has-become-the-master-2.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/17/the-student-has-become-the-master-2.aspx#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:40:00 +0000 Ed http://1920cc6e-4cb5-4ce8-b95b-a0e21def3eed http://edlamaze.com/2007/04/17/the-student-has-become-the-master-2.aspx/feed 0