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In this New York Times article (gifted to you), the writer Frances Dodds tells us the tragic story of how her sister’s four children came to live with the writer’s parents, the children’s grandparents (Dodds, 2025). Grandparents being responsible for raising their grandchildren is not an unusual occurrence. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that in 2023, 2.1 million grandparents were doing so. With very little effort, I can think of many “grandfamilies” I currently know or have known, including neighbors, my extended family, colleagues, and students. In my teaching and writing, I try to honor such families by referring to caregivers rather than parents. WhenRead More →

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It’s another fall Sunday in the U.S., so it’s another day of TV commercials featuring NFL players. I know that being a middle-aged woman does not make me the target demographic, but the Little Caesars ad featuring George Kittle still rankles. Let me get this out of the way first. Yes, that is Caesars plural, not Caesar’s possessive. I can make peace with that. I can believe that there are a bunch of little Caesars, not just one who has pizza. Now for the commercial. Give it a watch. Again, I recognize I’m not the demographic, but I don’t understand how watching 11 people (includingRead More →