Learning to Love Fitness, Despite Dreading Gym Class
The Presidential Physical Fitness Test was a significant part of elementary to high school students' lives, causing feelings of competition and pressure.
The test included the mile run, sit-ups, pull-ups or push-ups, sit-and-reach, and shuttle run, aiming to assess students' physical fitness and honor top participants. [ more ]
Raising Children in America Means Living in Fear That They'll Be Shot
When my daughter was a newborn, I read an essay about a toddler who died after a loose brick fell from a building onto her head.Devastatingly random, impossible to parse for meaning.I added loose brick to the litany of ways my baby could die.The list was ever-expanding.When I sat with her in the bathtub at night as she fed from my breast, I imagined falling asleep, both of us sliding down into the warmth.