Social media can lead to many exciting things, but in my stage of life it mostly leads to pictures of children. The lucky kids of my Instagram feed climb mountains, visit world capitals, and play a lot of soccer. They have picnics, first days of school, and lemonade stands. It’s all very idyllic—producing the mix of envy and delight that keeps me coming back for more, even when I don’t want to, not unlike Bilbo and his precious ring.

You can see why, against this backdrop, the photographs of one dad, who I later learned was a Dubliner named Stephen Crowley, caught my attention. The first one that I came across showed a baby girl perched on the top railing of a fence. It was very sweet, a seemingly classic pose—and hardly worth a second glance. But wait—isn’t she a little young to be sitting up high like that? She could fall off at any moment into the water below...READ MORE