It’s the time of year when Bees are all the rage. My husband prefers the Geography Bee (when we watched it last week he tried to answer every question before the competitors did), but thanks to Spellbound, the original Bee– the SPELLING Bee (one of the oldest children’s competitions in the US, I might add)– [...]
I was recently quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about parents who brag too much (I promise I will try not to fall into this category myself!). Here’s what I had to say: “The quality of the honor your kid is receiving should also enter into your calculations, according to sociologist Hilary Levey Friedman, author [...]
I admit that I am a Scrabble tournament virgin. I’ve only ever seen a Scrabble tournament while watching the documentary Word Wars, and I’ve read about this particular subculture in Stefan Fatsis’ delighful Word Freak. But in many ways the Scrabble tournament world doesn’t seem to differ too much from its intellectual cousins, or “sports [...]
