Historical Archives
Elizabeth Coffman writes this morning about the myth of the two-income family. She says: we need to have a broad, political discussion asserting that the two-income family is not working for many people. This economy, our government, and our own illusions have failed us. We used to have the “where are the women bloggers” conversation…
Experts are now recommending that teenagers be routinely tested for depression. I think this is an excellent idea. Those of you with teenagers might know why. When your kids become teens, they stop telling you everything. Even the good-natured, non-confrontational ones. So sometimes it’s hard to tell when something is really bothering them. They may…
Update: Ars Technica has a good rundown of the history of the case. The NY Times reports this morning that several students are suing the D.A. after he insisted that the teens attend a “10-hour class dealing with pornography and sexual violence.” Classes like these are usually intended for sex offenders, not for teenagers exploring…
One of the things we’ve instituted since I’ve quit is tighter control over the kids’ screen-based leisure activities. We were sort of half-heartedly doing this over the last year, kind of taking it day by day, but now we have Rules (with a capital R no less). Geeky Boy’s obsession was the computer, spending hours…
For the last week and a half, I’ve been single parenting. Mr. Geeky was first in VA, returned, next day went to Seattle, returned, next day went to Buffalo and has now returned. During this time, Geeky Boy was grounded from video games, so had to find other ways to entertain himself. (For the record,…
Soccer began this weekend. Last year, Geeky Girl essentially dropped out because they placed her in the wrong age group (too young) and she didn’t find it fun anymore. This year she’s in the right age group. Yes, she’s the smallest one in that picture to the left. But she is crazy fast and determined.…
The first day of school begins for child # 1 in about an hour and for the youngest, two hours. We are actually semi-organized this year. Yesterday, we went to purchase all the school supplies and the kids cleaned out their backpacks–from last year!–and reloaded them with new stuff. The three of us all thought…
Conversation yesterday in the car: GG: Mom, how do we elect the president? Me: Well, you know when you go into that booth and vote for people? GG: Yeah. Me: Well, whoever gets the most votes wins. We do that for all our elections. (I decide not to discuss the electoral college and other finer…
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