Mom gives the new Honey a smile and a thumbs up. But what if parents disapprove?
Only Child: Still a Debate?
Parenting debates – one child or more, and who is better off?
Techno-Narcissism
Finding the line between technology-driven advantage and technology-driven narcissism.
Graduate School Admissions Counseling
Parenting college students… Making it up as we go along.
Women Are Control Freaks?
Is wanting things done a certain way all about “control?”
Going Nowhere… Slowly
Drifters, grifters and gifters?
Parisian Parenting: Should We Take a Lesson?
French parenting style: cultural differences beyond the obvious.
Beyond Me
I haven’t lost it. Yet. But I’m biting my lip, and sleeping less. I’m weary, from worry. From the habit of worry. My kids aren’t adults, but they’re getting close. More importantly, they believe they’re adults – or nearly. They’ve been living on their own – my elder for three years, and his brother, for […]
Motherhood. Damned If You Do. Damned If You Don’t.
That Mothering Job. Not so simple…
Free Range… Chicken
Last night I came across this – on Free Range Kids, about an incident in which the authorities were called when a mother allowed her 8-year old to play in a nearby park, alone. I was struck by how much has changed in a generation. I grew up “set loose” in the afternoon after school, […]