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Bye, Bye Birdies: A Dad Flaps About The Empty Nest
Jeremy Gerard
Jeremy is an editor and critic for Muse, the culture section of Bloomberg News, where he writes primarily about theater, music and food. He has been the Broadway reporter for The New York Times, chief theater critic and New York Editor of Variety and a feaures editor and culture columnist at New York magazine. When his kids were young, he wrote about chlidren and technology for Time magazine. His writing also has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Columbia Journalism Review and others. Kids: 3. Parenting style: Aiming for Atticus Finch, settling for Peter Bailey.
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Divorce: Saying Good-Bye to the Kids and the Nest
The author's children, Nick and Emily. Credit: Jeremy Gerard
Tears come easily to me -- an airline commercial can do the trick -- but crying, of ...
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A Room With A (Point Of) View
Does the grown-up Emily still have dibs on her room? Credit: Jeremy Gerard
Last time Emily came home from college, she busted me for stashing a ...
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Traditions Don't Have to Change, We Do
My wife is juggling Nick's PowerBook, trying to frame him, me and the menorah on the mantel so that his sister can see us all. I strike a match, touch ...Advertisement
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