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Uncharted Parent
http://www.unchartedparent.com
Uncharted Parent recognizes that every parent goes where no parent has gone before. In this blog, I share my experiences of parenting and living with my interfaith, interracial family formed by biology and adoption.
Recent Posts
Public Service Announcement: Pediatric H1N1 Vaccine (And Who Put Dark Chocolate on My Raisinets?)
Are you confused about your kids under 10 and the H1N1 vaccine? Given that it seems to be easier to obtain reliable information about Jon Gosselin’s latest hairdo than this vaccine, confusion is to be expected. I’m not a medical professional ...
It’s True: I Don’t Clean My House
It’s no secret to readers of this blog, but now everyone knows. My latest essay, “Dirty Little Secret: Why I Don’t Clean My House” is published today in Babble.com’s Bad Parent column. Read it by clicking on the titl...
Where’s the Milk?
Katherine Lee over at one of About.com’s parenting blogs asked yesterday for readers to weigh in regarding their opinions about the National Dairy Council’s new ad campaign promoting chocolate milk in schools. In this age of struggling to te...
A New Column
Uncharted Parent keeps getting busier! I’m now writing an occasional column for my local newspaper, the Concord Monitor. Please check out my first one, “Cycle of hatred feels sadly familiar,” which ran in today’s edition....
How a Kid Says, “I Love You”
The only kid-free moments I’ve had this week have involved either meetings or sleep, and there hasn’t been a whole lot of the latter. Flu, respiratory bugs, colds, coughs, holidays from school, escalating outside responsibilities—you name it, ...
Definition
One of the things we try to teach our kids is to be proud of who they are. Tall or short, extrovert or introvert, lover of sports or music or math or computers—we want our kids to discover their true selves and not to be ashamed of what they find....
