"The only behavior I’m trying to figure out is mine." Interview. Lost in Space. Newcity Lit. Wonderbar.

Quite wonderbar that. And most appreciative. Excerpt? Word.

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to.
My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all. - See more at: http://lit.newcity.com/2014/03/17/finding-space-an-interview-with-ben-tanzer/#sthash.916UklLi.dpuf

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to.
My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all. - See more at: http://lit.newcity.com/2014/03/17/finding-space-an-interview-with-ben-tanzer/#sthash.916UklLi.dpuf

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to.
My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all. - See more at: http://lit.newcity.com/2014/03/17/finding-space-an-interview-with-ben-tanzer/#sthash.916UklLi.dpuf

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to. 

My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all.

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to.
My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all. - See more at: http://lit.newcity.com/2014/03/17/finding-space-an-interview-with-ben-tanzer/#sthash.916UklLi.dpuf

One of the most striking essays has you watching “Star Wars” with your sons, and you want to have this discussion with them but they weren’t responding the way that you wanted them to.
My dad would say, “When you were a kid I’d say, ‘Look, there’s a cow outside the window,’ and all you’d want to do is look in the ashtrays. It didn’t matter that there was a cow on the side of the road.” There’s that beginning piece where you just want your kid to look at anything, and then the second piece where you want them to look at things like you look at them, which is worse, but then there’s this third level, which is like, “heeey, they’re excited, I’m excited, let’s use this to teach.” I’m sure there’s a part that’s like, “why can’t you just let them enjoy ‘Star Wars’”; for a long time, they didn’t want to watch it at all. - See more at: http://lit.newcity.com/2014/03/17/finding-space-an-interview-with-ben-tanzer/#sthash.916UklLi.dpuf