A few weeks after my son was born, I was sitting with him in my living room watching television and decided it was time to begin his education.
There’s been all kinds of research about how reading to your kids even while they’re still in the womb benefits their intellectual development.* You’re supposed to read to them, sing to them, play music for them and basically do anything that would annoy you if you were trying to sleep as a way to stimulate their tiny little neurons and synapses. By encouraging brain development, you’re preparing your baby for more conventional learning later on. All that being said, the education I had in mind had nothing to do with any of this.
It was time to teach him about Chicago sports. Continue reading “The Four Lessons: An Introduction”
