The present popularity of Netflix’s K-Pop Demon Hunters raises a vital question for concerned parents: What’s with all this demon hunting stuff anyway? The very mention of demons should give us pause, not because we don’t believe in them, but because there is a legitimate fear that we will cease to take them seriously. By…
Even the best storycrafter shapes a tale after his or her own likeness, and yet, stories have a way of getting away from us and shaping us in return. The most powerful of these stories become cultural myths, broad-sweeping metanarratives that reinterpret reality through a particular lens. Such myths may point to a deeper truth, but…
We parents usually have plenty of funny stories about the things kids say. Many of my favorites come from my very imaginative second child, Lucía (age 5), sometimes in concert with my oldest, Grace (age 7). Once when I was reading a bedtime story, two-year-old Lucía, exclaimed, “I want to whee-haa!” Before I could ask…