Why Telling Working Moms to Lower their Standards on Parenting Is Actually a...
cartoon made using Toondoo An acquaintance from law school recently posted the following on Facebook: Just wondering – are there any parents out there who work full-time and don’t constantly feel like...
View ArticleJudgmental Mommy
Parenting via Infographic, #7. I’m having so much fun playing around on Toondoo, a site that lets you make a cartoon. Don’t tell me this isn’t you. I won’t believe it. You might also like: Infographic:...
View ArticleParenting with Neuroscience, and a Laugh
Parenting via infographic, #8. I’ve recently read two helpful books that use the latest findings by neuroscientists to help parents — more to come on those soon. In the meantime, here’s the most...
View ArticleEasy DIY Toy: How to Turn an Old Sweater into a Cuddly Snake
I love hand-made toys, and this one, an adorable and not-at-all menacing crafted sleeve snake we dubbed Sammy, takes only an hour or so. Ergo, it’s yet another low-risk high-reward DIY adventure. And...
View ArticleWhat I Told EPA About the Climate Crisis and Parenting
We ask our kids to be responsible. Brave, even. To venture out into the world with a sense that it is theirs — to explore, to learn about, and also to care for. So today I asked the Environmental...
View ArticleToxic Hot Seat on HBO tonight!
Red sofa (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hallelujah! A new film about the struggle to understand and address the hidden poisons in our sofas — Toxic Hot Seat — airs for the first time tonight on HBO. Slate...
View ArticleParenting Through the Fog: 8 of My Personal “Truths”
No one can tell you what kind of parent to be. Instead, it’s a long performance, consisting of attempts, failures, mistakes, experiments, accidents, snips, scrapes and sniffles and — when you’re lucky...
View ArticleDump Dora, and 7 More Tips to Help You Enjoy Reading to Your Young Child
We all know we’re supposed to read to our kids. And while I often truly love our snuggle time with a book, reading to a child — let’s be honest — can also sometimes feel like a bit of a chore....
View ArticleLet the Wild Rumpus Start: 100+ Dazzling Literary Adventures for Young Children
Very few books are as perfect as Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. That classic tale of naughtiness combines slightly unsettling images with an imaginative adventure story and a comforting...
View ArticleA Walk in the Woods and a Poem
When I walk with my daughter Maya in the woods, I’m often torn between two competing impulses. The urge to discover together and to explain — to point out the wonders of a worm or seed or changing leaf...
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