Time magazine has something to show you about attachment parenting
This is the cover of Time magazine. Yep, my eyes widened when I saw that photo, too. Time magazine’s cover story this week is about attachment parents, the Olympic athletes of child-rearing. If you’re...
View ArticleThree cheers for great dads
Let’s hear it for involved dads! I’m sure you know men who are more involved in their children’s lives than their own fathers would ever have dreamed of being — and the statistics show that those...
View ArticleKeeping kids safe: It doesn’t get easier as they get older
There are so many things to worry about when you have a child, and I’ve surely worried about most of them. When my son was little, the potential dangers seemed endless, but I always thought it would be...
View ArticleWorking moms, are you tired of hearing that you “can’t have it all”?
Most moms don't have time to worry about work-life balance because they're too busy working and living.Oh, look, it’s another article about how working moms “can’t have it all.” Are we tired of this...
View ArticleMom ready to say goodbye to volunteer obligations
When my son started school, I vowed that even though I was a working mom, I would still volunteer. And volunteer I did — a lot. I went on every field trip. I was the room mom. I worked at the school...
View ArticleAs son grows, there are things mom misses
I’m not, and never have been, one of those women who is drawn to babies, oohing and aahing over every infant I see. In fact, the baby stage was the least fulfilling time for me as a parent. (It didn’t...
View ArticleDo you still send Christmas cards?
Everyone loves to complain about Facebook — how their “friends” brag about their kids, or post minutiae, or share too many photos of food. (Am I guilty of this? Yes, yes … and yes!) But I still love...
View ArticleNo! Don’t make me go purse shopping
It’s no secret that I hate shopping. Really, really hate it. But sometimes, I can’t avoid it. Such was the case last weekend, when I realized that my purse and wallet were literally falling apart. I...
View ArticleYahoo tells work-at-home employees: You need to work in the office
The buzz the past couple of days has been Yahoo ending its policy of letting some of its employees work from home. Starting in June, all employees must report to the office to work. As you can imagine,...
View ArticleKeeping our children safe in the face of violence
All children deserve to be safe, and well-fed and cared for by the people who love them. Can we all agree on that? Jonylah Watkins, whose story is posted above, was fed and cared for — but she wasn’t...
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