Isabella Duton’s children are the biggest mistake of her life. But before you dismiss her as a wretch, consider what your reaction would be to a father who wrote the same article. I know that I judge her differently than I would a father. I can’t believe she and I are members of the same [...]
January 31, 2013
A list of things I thought I’d never say, back when my kids were little cutie-pies: You can’t go out in that, it’s my job to keep you from getting abducted Stacking your dishes with sauce and pasta glued on them, is not cleaning up after yourselves You texted me when you meant to [...]
January 9, 2013
Syrian children are painting only in red. If anyone doubts the impact of seeing carnage on a daily basis, of watching bodies torn into pieces, the report that aired on NPR’s Morning Edition, left no room to wonder: Shocking statistics, such as the U.N.’s estimate that more than 60,000 people have died in Syria since anti-regime [...]
December 14, 2012
Last year I had all sorts of reasons why I didn’t send holiday cards of my adorable kids. And though I got pummeled by some angry folks on the Huffington Post (e.g., Why would I call it a holiday card when it’s a Christmas card? Have I forgotten about the reason for Christmas? Oh, you [...]
December 11, 2012
Guest Post by Suzanne Hegland My town appears to be next in line to join more than 300 schools across the United States in implementing a new strategy to prepare children for an armed attack. I live in suburban Boston, thousands of geographic and political miles from the gun-toting Lone Star state where this [...]
December 3, 2012
Guest Post by Stephanie Lazenby As a parent I hold the key to many secrets, like the Tooth Fairy, what a mortgage is and where babies come from. Santa is the biggest secret of all. But now there is a new character being heaped onto to the pile of Christmas make-believe which adds onto my [...]
November 1, 2012
First things first. I am OK. My family is OK. We are out of power. The extent of our damage: A bag of raviolis perished in my melting freezer, my fence hinges blew off and Halloween was postponed until Monday. Probably the saddest piece of all this was my three-year-old daughter’s response: “Mommy, I’m afraid [...]
October 15, 2012
I had never been much of a religious person. My family celebrated the Jewish holidays as traditions rather than as a religious event. I didn’t go to Hebrew school. Rarely went to temple. I wasn’t a bat mitzvah. This is all despite my family tree which is seeped in Jewish history. My family immigrated from [...]
September 27, 2012
In third grade, most of the kids in our town walk to and from school. They walk in groups. Crossing guards on almost every block safely transport them from one side of the street to the next. We’re only four blocks from school so it’s a real old fashioned experience. Just lovely. Really, a special [...]
September 19, 2012
You know how you’re always feeling judged by other mothers and wondering if they’re talking about how you dragged your 3- year-old off the playground screaming because why can’t you handle her tantrum? Or how bad of a parent you are because you decided not to volunteer for the 500th fundraiser at your school? Or [...]
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