A Child Recites The Pledge Of Allegiance. A Mother Struggles To Explain It.
By Dena VardaxisIf we are going to ask school children to recite it daily, shouldn’t we as a society have to demonstrate what it means, daily?
Dena Vardaxis is an alumna of Wellesley College, Teach for America and Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She works full-time at an investment company and is raising three girls and a husband.
If we are going to ask school children to recite it daily, shouldn’t we as a society have to demonstrate what it means, daily?
I never imagined being a dog person, but here I am, learning to speak dog. I have my daughter to thank.
It scares me, this business of my daughters growing up. It scares me more to think that I might be raising children who need constant supervision.