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Clock Management

About a month or so into our relationship, Phil took the meaningful next step of asking me to meet one of his best friends. They had a kind of friendship that spanned the test of time from childhood to adulthood, and came with its own language and shorthand.  Soon, they started talking about clock management. It was a throwback reference to the hours they would spend in front of the NBA as children, watching teams manage the final minutes and seconds of the game. Are you ahead or behind? Do you hold the ball and use the clock to your advantage, slowing the game down, or are you eager to make up points and try to race the clock while time seems to speed up and away? In a nutshell, this is clock management. I had not spent my formative years watching the NBA or on a court. The concept of manipulating time in this way was as foreign to me as their secret bromance language with each other. Now, nearly ten years later, I think often about that conversation and how much more acutely I

The Witching Hour

What do you wish you’d known before you brought your baby home? I’m over on the TODAY Parenting Team Community page discussing my reflections on what I wish I’d known as a first-time parent. I wish someone had warned me about the witching hour. Click here to read more and join the conversation!