Angels in my Bedroom?
After a couple of minutes, Olivia looked up at the corner above the bed and began pointing towards the ceiling. She does this fairly...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Dec 21, 2011
- 1 min
“Shut Up, Mommy,” Saith the toddler
I have always been pretty lax about rude, disrespectful kids. Yet no one who spends time with my kids would ever describe them as rude...
- Dec 7, 2011
- 1 min
What sort of garden do you grow?
That is what is at stake as we parent: will we send a healthy, thriving plant out into the world? Or will we be sending out an artichoke...
- Nov 29, 2011
- 2 min
What Michaela is Teaching Me
Michaela with her lovely first grade teacher Michaela is my oldest daughter. After having 2 boys, I really wanted a daughter and...
- Nov 20, 2011
- 3 min
The best of the week . . .
According to infalible me! Ha! I’ve done more writing than reading this week, so this is a bit light, but here goes: How children’s ...
- Nov 19, 2011
- 4 min
Homework in kindergarten
An example of my 1st grader's homework So, I have my kids in the local public schools which has real drawbacks and benefits. One of the...
- Nov 15, 2011
- 3 min
Let’s talk about sex, baby!
In the early ‘90s Salt-n-Peppa famously sang “Let’s talk about sex, baby” and boy, oh boy do we take their exhortations to heart. Sex is...
- Nov 2, 2011
- 1 min
The real reason prosperous humans have fewer kids
I think that those countries trying to boost fertility rates could help a lot by making it easier to pay for household help for families...
- Oct 7, 2011
- 5 min
Mom’s Going Crazy Recipe
I didn’t punish a lot. I yelled, but always let the kids know that freaking out was a fault of mine and let them see me struggle with...
- Oct 6, 2011
- 1 min
Question for Parents: “Are you angry?”
Is there a place in parenting for holding anger over our kid’s head? If your kid doesn’t have to deal with anger when he screws up...
- Sep 28, 2011
- 3 min
Is it my fault he smells like cumin? Thoughts on parenthood
We live in an era of high-stakes parenting. I read a copy of Scholastic Parent & Child magazine the other night and wanted to give my...
- Sep 26, 2011
- 3 min
What Olivia is Teaching Me
Then there are the things she gets backwards. We’ve been encouraging Olivia to talk because she’s so good at communicating using body...
- Sep 7, 2011
- 2 min
Today I’m thinking about school – Update
After thinking about it for a while and talking with the school principal to get his take on what the core of the issue might be, I...
- Sep 2, 2011
- 2 min
Today I am thinking about school
Here’s the dilemma I am wrestling with: these are all normal parts of middle school, but are they acceptable? Is my son who is having a...
- Aug 30, 2011
- 1 min
Things I always tell my kids
Dumb people never learn from their mistakes. Smart people learn from their mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes other people...
- Aug 25, 2011
- 3 min
Jiu-Jitsu for the Bullied
(It always kills me that “socialization” is seen as a potential problem for homeschooled kids. Like the barbarians that run the social...
- Aug 23, 2011
- 1 min
Why Moms Like Wine So Much!
This article about decision fatigue gives a very interesting account of how we make decisions and why making a decision can be so...
- Aug 22, 2011
- 1 min
The Laundry!
Sophia replied, “if we were real princesses, we could do it.” “You’re not that kind of princess, honey,” I explained, “if you were that...
- Jul 14, 2011
- 1 min
Normal Mistakes – pass it on!
From Parenting Magazing – 7 Discipline Mistakes All Moms [And Dads!] Make: 1. We’re too negative. 2. We expect too much from our kids. ...
- Nov 30, 2010
- 2 min
The best parenting advice I’ve heard all year!
If your teen breaks curfew and you meet her at the door ranting, what do you think she’s going to focus on—the fact that she’s late or...
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