Monthly Archives: February 2006

Today, Khalil was wearing a brand-new green Mario mushroom baseball cap, backwards, with the visor in the back. Georgia got down Bahiyyih‘s #2 baseball cap from its hook by the front door and put it on, just like Khalil. She … Continue reading →

Maya and Georgia ask a lot of questions. And Bahiyyih and I (and all of our friends in earshot) do our best to answer them. One that they like to ask often is, “what is your favorite color?” So I … Continue reading →

Bahá’í are to refrain from politics, in order to promote unity (and not encourage chaos, havoc, or fruitless intellectual meleé), but what are we supposed to do when we think of a great punchline for a political bumper sticker? Not … Continue reading →

Someone is asking: Which is more important, IQ or self-discipline?. What’s self-discipline? According to the article, it includes the ability to delay gratification: Walter Mischel and colleagues found in the 1980s that 4-year-olds’ ability to delay gratification (for example, to … Continue reading →