Friday Fun: Parenting’s Not That Hard
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On the way home from school yesterday, I was talking away about my own day, when Geeky Girl stopped me and said, “Mom, I need to talk to you.” These are words you both want and don’t want to hear from your kids. On the one hand, I definitely want my kids to come to…
Saturday, Geeky Girl and I went to the big mall for a girls day out. She was in need of warmer clothes. (Dang the growth spurt!) As we have done in the past, we turned the day into an opportunity to hang out together. Since it’s the Christmas season, we decided not to head straight…
Jody at Raising WEG writes about the relentlessness of having to be the arbiter, the house manager, the soother of emotions, etc. I remember a couple of years ago, when I got so depressed, I actually had to seek professional care, how I could not even begin to deal with the every day needs of…
I was just reading through the comments on this IHE post about having kids or not in graduate school and one commenter says the following: From my perspective, I find many (not all, not even most) of my female friends and my grad students can’t articulate what they want, what will help them navigate the…
My sporting weekend actually began on Thursday, when I had to bounce back and forth between two different fields watching Geeky Boy play soccer and Geeky Girl play field hockey. The soccer game was the last of the season so there were more parents than usual. I watched for a few minutes and then hit…
Lisa Belkin discusses a survey about parents who used drugs in the past and what their kids know about that use. Do kids want to know? It turns out they do. I have always been honest with my kids about my own drug use in the past. Yes, it was sometimes fun, but looking back…
I can’t quite believe it myself, but the whole week has pretty much gone down the drain. Monday, I did nothing because of Yom Kippur. Tuesday, I jumped back in and then, around noon, started to feel crappy. I forged ahead anyway and got some extra work done after lunch. Tuesday afternoon, Geeky Boy and…
One of the roles I least like in my family and one that seems to have been mine for many years is that of “keeper.” By keeper, I mean the person who keeps everyone on track, at both the micro and the macro level. I know, for example, when the first field trip is, and…
Just as an example of the time suck that kids can be, I spent two hours with the kids at the dentist’s office this morning. And my schedule, such as it is, is all out of whack. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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