Recent Posts Tagged With 'dads'

• Tough love?

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 05:30 in parenting, holidays, moms, dads, christmas, childhood, growing-up is hard to do, social & emotional issues

  Earlier this week there was a headline floating around the internet about how the Gosselin children were "ruining" Christmas for their classmates by telling them that Santa isn't real. Apparently the older Gosselin kids no longer believe in Santa and...

• The List

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 05:30 in family, parenting, marriage, holidays, moms, dads

  My husband is an habitual list maker, and I love him for it, I really do. He makes long detailed lists of the pros and cons of things, of to-do projects around the house, of to-do projects already completed, and of various statistics involving his fa...

• Mr. B.

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 05:30 in family, parenting, moms, dads, character sketches

  Not long after we had first moved into our current neighborhood, an older black man came knocking at our door. He was the neighborhood "handyman", as he described himself. He's been doing work in the neighborhood for 40 years--not for everyone, mind ...

• One moment

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 05:30 in parenting, holidays, moms, dads, special needs, lessons to live by, lessons from little ones

  When you're a parent, you get lots of advice thrown your way--starting from before you even give birth. Some of the advice you nod at and toss away, either because you've heard it before, or because it doesn't apply to you personally, or because it j...

• The popularity factor

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 05:30 in children, parenting, moms, dads, parenting advice, school daze

  My L. has always been a party-planner. While he’s not a fan of parties in general (too noisy, too many people, too much food), he likes to plan a party, especially when he can be in control of every single detail. But it’s been awhile since he’...

• The family that plays together...

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 05:30 in children, parenting, moms, dads, greece, grandparents, toys and games, the games kids play

  What makes a Sunday morning even better? Flipping hot pumpkin pancakes over the griddle while listening to your kids play Monopoly with your parents. L. loves the game, and could play it uninterrupted for hours if given the chance. When I was growing...

• Three things from the weekend

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 05:30 in children, parenting, holidays, moms, dads, life in general

  Did you have spectacular fall weather like we had this weekend? I spent most of it outdoors, making up for all the sick, couch-ridden days from the weekend before. We raked, finally put away the Halloween decorations (it’s so much easier and exciti...

• Blast from the past

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 05:30 in family, children, parenting, moms, dads, social & emotional issues

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• Declaration of independence

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 06:30 in children, parenting, moms, dads, early learning, social and emotional issues

  When I teach the first semester of Freshman Composition, I usually assign a particular reading to my students--one dealing with the question of public space, what it is, how it can be altered, and who alters it.read more...

• Family-friendly?

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 12:47 in family, children, work, parenting, women, moms, dads, juggling

  If you are a working parent, is your company family-friendly? Take a minute to think about what you think family-friendly really means--in your ideal world (we're not talking reality, here). You can make a list, as I make my students often do in clas...