Dear Practice Parent, How do I convince my old fashioned parents to buy me a smart phone? It is likely that when your parents were teens, the worst trouble they could get into with a phone was having the object of their crank calls figure them out. Today, the whole phone issue is much… Continue Reading
I am thrilled today to bring you a guest post that furthers the discussion on racism. Annie has a delightful and provocative blog at Motherhood and More. I have been fortunate to call her friend for almost nine years (as we have raised our children together). Annie, you will find, is infinitely more level-headed than… Continue Reading
Many are writing that Zimmerman (Trayvon Martin’s killer) could not have been a racist because he, among other things, once tutored minority children. Oh, and 20% of the residents of his gated community are black (Here is one. Another here. One more here.) I am a white woman. I have a black daughter and a… Continue Reading
First we learned the French were effortlessly skinny. Then we learned that they are way better parents than we Americans. They do it by eschewing coddling of their children and thereby raise more independent, self-sufficient (Need I say skinny?) adults. The Japanese are better parents then us too. I learned this while chatting with mom friends… Continue Reading
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