I just published a post on Babble.com about why I can’t lie to my son about Santa anymore (after this year). It’s a hot topic, for sure, so I thought I’d repost a similar essay I wrote in 2010. The same feelings hold true for me now, with the exception that this year, I did [...]
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At a certain point in your child’s life, you’ll decide it’s time to potty train. No more diapers, you’ll chant. You’ll look forward to bragging to your friends and family that your kid has mastered this skill that even adults have problems with. But afterward, when your child struts across your living room floor in [...]
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I’ve been hearing a lot about “Tiger Mom” in the blogosphere and Twittosphere lately, but I’ve resisted reading the article myself. You know how when everyone else is reading something and talking about it (hint: Twilight, Girl with a Dragon Tattoo), it has a tendency to lose some of its allure? Like leftover vegetables? (I [...]
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Good poetry is made to be shared. A friend passed this on to me after hearing it in her yoga class, and now, I pass it on to you. “On Children” by Khalil Gibran (an excerpt from The Prophet) And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, “Speak to us of Children”. And [...]
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I’m a person who prides herself on the art of articulation, on poetry, on recognizing the beauty in language. On deep thoughts, if you will. So why, lately, am I finding myself saying things like, “You get what you get and you don’t get upset”? Because I have a three-and-a-half year old. And he’s teaching [...]
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And the SuperWoman Chronicles continues…. Last week, we left off with a very messy kitchen cabinet that, a week later, is still not clean. (Thank you, dear readers, for commiserating and telling me your cabinets are just as awful. Thank you, thank you.) This week… SuperWoman’s toddler broaches heavy subject while sitting on toilet. He’s [...]
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In case you haven’t noticed, one of the most popular articles on the New YorkTimes website is how a toddler’s new favorite toy is the iPhone. After a few days of seeing it looming there to the right of the homepage, I finally, reluctantly, clicked and began to read, waiting, just waiting to hear [...]
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Today I am participating in a blog carnival hosted by Country-Fried Mama. She is raising awareness of the Joyful Heart Foundation, a nonprofit founded to help victims of sexual assault. This carnival, The World I Want for My Children, is in response to the foundation’s effort to fight against the backlog of tens of thousands [...]
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I am a big believer in The Nap. I still take The Nap. If I could, I’d implement the nationwide Nap from 1-3. (Maybe I should call Oprah about this. That woman has power.) But my son is almost three-and-a-half, and he is shirking the magnificent beauty that was naptime in my house. For a [...]
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