Teacher Tom

"I really can't stand children."  It's a sentiment I occasionally encounter upon informing a stranger of t...

I was once engaged in a massive battle for the ages, pitting my powers against those of a five-year-old boy. It began when h...

If there is one lesson I have always wanted the children in my life to learn it is to question those in authority, like thei...

Last week I wrote about talking with children about death . Actual death. The kind of death talk that comes up when there is...

On the first day of school he told me, "There's going to be a lot of fighting this year." It was an interestin...

Several years ago, while walking in downtown Seattle, I turned a corner to find a group of people looking up. I looked up to...

For more than a decade, I prepared for my days with children as an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting took place in the room acros...

As a teenager Albert Einstein imagined chasing after a beam of light. It was a thought experiment that ultimately led to his...

Most years, there are play themes chosen by our five-year-olds that cause concern. Usually, it's some version of "b...