My 5-year-old twins desperately want a pet. They’d love a cat, but they know their father is seriously allergic to any fluff ball. So they’ve settled on a dog. I try to avoid this debate about pets, because the odds are pretty even. When my husband’s home, it’s two against two; when he’s out, we […]
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Married To a Scorpio Support Day: Astrology & Chocolate for Kids
Today is Married To a Scorpio Support Day. That makes me laugh. Is there a support group for people married to bulls? I mean the astrological sign – not the animal or the basketball team — though I supposed being married to a large mammal would necessitate a support group too. Fluorescent Scorpion, by Schristia […]
TV Or Not TV…That Used To Be a Question
I was once one of those holier-than-thou women who – in spite of having no children – had very specific ideas on how to raise them. I recounted many of these myths in So Much for My Kid Commandments. The ideal that has crashed to the ground the hardest, however, is no TV in the […]
How Starting a Blog Is Like Having Twins
Starting a blog is like having twins. Well, sort of. There are similarities, in the same way getting a splinter is equivalent to hacking off your finger. Before you realize you’re going to start a blog – or have twins – life is pretty cruisy. You have free time, and later on when you’re truly […]