He’s back, people! First, President Obama made the amazing and inspiring move last week to finally support gay marriage. Have you see the latest New Yorker cover? Is this beautiful or what? How could anyone not feel happy looking at this image? The whole idea that gay marriage is “anti-family” or threatens “traditional” marriage is [...]
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Obama is back, people!
Posted in Marriage & family, Politics on May 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
New Yorker gay marriage cover
Posted in Marriage & family on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
LOVE
Does an internet addicted mom create internet addicted kids?
Posted in Marriage & family, tagged screentimes on February 27, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Over the winter holidays this year, my household bumped up to the next level with technology. By January I had my first smart phone ever (an iphone) an ipad (I am in love) our first flat screen TV and a new computer (our former one was seven years old.) The upgrade was a long time [...]
Small talk
Posted in Marriage & family, tagged small talk on October 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I know making small talk with a two year old is hard. Toddlers can be shy, are easily distracted, and might even burst into tears if you say the wrong thing. It’s not easy to break the ice. But please: if you meet a little girl on the street, in a store, on the playground, [...]
My daughter and my mortgage
Posted in Marriage & family, tagged allowance, kids and money on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What do you teach your kids about money? I know lots of parents do allowance but that hasn’t worked so well in our family. There was anxiety about lost money, skipped payments, fights over what the money should be used for. It didn’t seem like a great way to introduce financial life to my kids. [...]
Why would a feminist be good at housework?
Posted in Books, Marriage & family, tagged Cheryl Mendelson, housework, the Art and Science of Keeping House on September 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Not only do I hate housework, I’m horrible at it. Mess doesn’t bother me in some basic way it annoys other people. If I see something on the floor, I feel no strong need to pick it up. But here’s the problem: I live with four other people in a house that fits us only [...]
Why would a feminist be good at housework?
Posted in Marriage & family, tagged Cheryl Mendelson, housekeeping, housework on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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Yelling or consequences: what’s your parenting MO?
Posted in Marriage & family, tagged yelling at kids on August 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
To yell or not to yell? It takes so much mental preparation for me to get through a school morning without yelling at my kids. I’ve posted before about the steps I’ve got to go through to ensure a calm, happy morning. Basically the process involves: going to bed early (me! not only them) being [...]
Did Reality TV save Taylor Armstrong?
Posted in Health, Marriage & family, Statistics, Television programs, tagged Real Housewives of Berverly Hills, Reality TV, Russell Armstrong, Taylor Armstrong on August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
After Russell Armstrong, estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Taylor Armstrong, committed suicide this week, the internet was ablaze, pointing the finger at Reality TV, wanting to know: Did it kill Russell Armstrong? Today on Salon.com TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz writes: It’s time to get real about reality TV. As your [...]
