Because sometimes being a parent means doing what’s hard.
Posted in discipline, family life on Nov 24th, 2009
Did anyone see this article in the New York Times’ Style section the other day? It’s by Alex Williams, it’s titled Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home, and woo, boy did I get a good laugh over it. In a good way, I assure you! The story is about how some parents today [...]
Posted in family life, grandparents on Nov 20th, 2009
Yesterday, I was reading my friend Lenore Skenazy’s blog, Free Range Kids. She posted about a “Dear Amy” advice column that appeared in the paper — the writer of the question, a grandmother, had an interesting problem: She and her husband have been babysitting their grandson, overnight, twice a week, since he was born (right [...]
Posted in family life, spirituality on Nov 17th, 2009
The boys and I have just begun our second year of religious education at our church. Remember, if you are/were Catholic or grew up with Catholic friends, the old CCD, or Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, a.k.a. a weekly class either in a parents’ home or at the church, that pretty much ended after Confirmation in [...]
Posted in family life, fictional mean moms on Nov 9th, 2009
Some fellow Mad Men-obsessed writers and I were discussing the finale episode from last night. So, if you’ve not yet watched, and would hate me for revealing spoiler plot points, click away right now and come back after you view the episode (and if you don’t watch, please keep reading anyway; I have a point [...]