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December 2008

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 28th, 2008 at 9:27 pm. Comment on this post »

It has been a crazy couple of months since I last blogged. The big news is that I am putting up another “Raising them Right” show in February. It is going to be at Duke’s Sanford Institute of Public Policy and I am going to work with Duke to put together a few talks on the topic. I’m very excited to be able to look at my work from a completely academic standpoint.

I have been reading everything that I can find on the topic and have finally found some academic literature that reflects all that I experienced in Chelsea. Almost all writing I have encountered about teen pregnancy is misguided. It is such a hot topic that the information readily available rarely is well researched. I become very frustrated when I read articles that place blame on teens and that state that teen pregnancy is a cause of poverty. I feel that anyone who works within such a community understands that poverty and teen pregnancy have a more confounded relationship and if anything it is the poverty and lack of meaningful opportunities that causes young people to want a baby to bring meaning to their lives.

Anyhow, I just finished a wonderful book on these topics and will write more once I have time to digest.

In other news, here are some photographs that I have been meaning to post from the past month or two. After returning my Duke camera, Mac, and copy of Photoshop, I finally bought a new camera and have been learning how to use it, my new Mac, and lightroom.

Here are some photographs from a lovely family walk (minus Greg) over Thanksgiving. The light was incredibly beautiful.
Walk on the dunes.
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My favorite photos from Thanksgiving Dinner.
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Some presents silk screened by me! This is the season of robots and owls. If you received a Christmas present from me, chances are it had an owl or a robot on it.
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On December 4th we celebrated Eli’s birthday.
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Eli and my house is way too small for a tree so we helped Rusty and Erin set up their tree.
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We hosted a dinner party and had another birthday pie for our friend John. blog-13

And we became God parents (or God-less parents) to baby Isaac. I am so incredibly excited to watch Andrea and Isaac grow up. From what I know of these little people, there are no better little people this world has to offer.
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