Devin Bodkin
Advice from ‘The Goat’: My kids wrote school survival tips to each other. There was wisdom. And pizza.
I bear no responsibility for their advice, but I learned a few things about how they see school (and themselves).
My middle school football coach is 86 — and still showing us how it’s done
Nearly 30 years after retiring, he’s still driven by the same desire to “prove he can do it.” It has defined him since a childhood where he struggled to fit in — and it’s left some of his other former students and players still measuring themselves against the lessons he teaches.
Our baby just got a financial head start for college
A new federal program gives eligible children an investment account. For my family, even small contributions mean a lot.
Doing something hard: Maybe that’s the real lesson of graduation
A nervous preschool performance reminded me that school readiness is about more than saying the ABCs.
I want independent kids but struggle to trust their judgement
Like our kids’ parents, who get to make plenty of mistakes, I’m told the little pitfalls bring benefits.
We held a no-device night at our house. Here’s what happened.
The plan was simple. No phones. No tablets. No TV. Just eight Bodkins in our living room to see what the night brings, even if we just looked at each other awkwardly for an hour.
Happy accidents: Our parenting game is a little like a Bob Ross painting
A timeworn insight from the late painter carries a parenting lesson for me and my wife – and more so the older we get.
How spilled milk (and my patient wife) taught me a parenting lesson
I’m granting my wife the totally made-up Thanksgiving Day Parent of the Year Award for demonstrating what I almost didn’t: sincere patience and kindness.
Our 3-year-old’s selfie game is money, but I’m not feeling it
Educators across Idaho and the nation have limited or nixed cellphone use in their schools.
I injured myself on our family road trip. It was worth it
If making memories was the goal, we did OK in the end.