Any issues to avoid around your Thanksgiving table? What ghosts of holidays past CAN you avoid? Here are two… and recipes!
“You’re Just Like Your…” (Fill in the Blank)
Compare and contrast loved ones? Bad idea.
Fundamentals
Musing on integrity, ethics, and cultural values in a confusing world.
Lip Service, Accountability, and No-Fault Motherhood
Mothers. Feeling. Blamed.
Does Parenting Advice Help or Hurt?
Parenting advice. When do we believe it?
Parisian Parenting: Should We Take a Lesson?
French parenting style: cultural differences beyond the obvious.
Two Words: Never Assume
Two words of advice, especially if divorcing: Never assume.
Parent Teacher Association
Summer is here and classes are over! Well, for most of us that is. We’ve got school-aged kids revving up for camp or neighborhood play, vacations in the works, and likely a list of activities awaiting. Then again, we may have teenagers milling about – snatching up the car keys, leaving a trail of dirty […]
Parenting Advice From Non-Parents – What Do You Think?
Those who can… do. Those who can’t… counsel? On parenting advice…
Parenting Teens: Tips from a Professional Post Party Parent
Are you parenting partying teens? Care to hear my ten tips for surviving party chaos? For surviving normal chaos? The planned, the unplanned, the assumed stuff of parenting pandemonium? Yes, it’s Sunday morning. (Insert *sigh* of relief.) Yes, for the moment it’s quiet. (Sigh number two.) No teenagers as yet stirring in the kitchen, after […]