Another gem from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Parenting Ideologies I Use With My Spouse That Justify My Laziness/Terrible Efficacy as a Parent..
In the hands of a child, a smartphone with a few choice apps is a powerful tool for exploration, understanding and discovery. Our 6-year old uses the following five apps dedicated to real-world exp...
Winter: Sometimes It's Just Not Worth It
Today is that sort of cold that makes you wonder if we're really supposed to be living on the planet. I'm fairly certain I heard the mailman muttering something about "not signing up for this crap"...
The year 2000 still seems futuristic to me. To my 6-year old, it's ancient history. When she views photos of her mom or I taken in the 90's, 80's or 70's, it's like she's witnessing a former age. I...
Songs About Birds, Because Harper Lee is Awesome
In the mid-1950s, Harper Lee wrote Go Set a Watchman. Never heard of it? Neither had anyone else, really, before today. Set in the 1950s, in the fictional Southern town of Maycomb, Scout returns fr...
Big Ups: It’s always somebody’s turn to be the bigger person
It’s always somebody’s turn to be the bigger person On our way home from a spectacularly great weekend, one without the kids that included a three-hour couples spa treatment, my husband and I got i...
"You can’t do it yet. Let’s keep practicing. You will."
There’s an epidemic in our country. Parents and teachers drop “S” bombs right and left in front of children. The time has come to put a stop to the “S” word – Smart. Stanford psychology professor ...
Take an Internet Field Trip: 5 Links to Share with Your Kids
Share awesome, fun links with your kids on an Internet Field Trip curated for Parent Co. by Today Box. Today Box curates fun and educational daily facts, videos, photos, and jokes for curious kids ...
A maxi-pad commercial in the Super Bowl last night made me tear up. You may have already seen the Always commercial from last summer called "Like a Girl" where men and women of all ages talk about...
Who's Your TV Parent Spirit Animal?
It's possible that there are currently half as many children in the world as there are words written about raising them. With so much information being thrown at us, it's easy to get overwhelmed. S...
6 Tips for Capturing Childhood With Your iPhone
At last count, my iPhone contained 8,755 photos. If I ever used Siri, I assume she'd insist, speech slurred, that I whittle that down to give her room to breathe before she could provide me with ...
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, Week 2: Books
Less Clutter, More Joy We’re a family of book lovers and book hoarders. My daughter never wanted a blanket or stuffed animal in her crib as a baby. She wanted me to line the inside of her crib wit...
Shoutout to 1980's TV Sitcom Parents
All my social media feeds are full of chatter about the final episode of the TV show Parenthood. My partner loves Parenthood. I think it’s sentimental and borderline corny. Yet I watch it with her...
Do you remember that stand-up set by Tig Notaro that lit the Twitter on fire in August 2012 and launched a little-known comic into the stratosphere? It was the one that Louis C.K. then made availab...
The importance of teaching financial literacy to children cannot be overstated. Over at Good Men Project, Zechariah Newman wrote a revealing, useful post about kids and money. I agree with each of ...
The Future Belongs to the Brave
Today is NASA National Remembrance Day. We celebrate the lives of all the men and women who died for the sake of space exploration. It was 29 years ago today the Challenger space shuttle exploded, ...
Snowed in? We've got your wintry playlist right here. Songs in this mix: White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes Cold as Ice – Foreigner What the Snowman Learned About Love– Stars Snowball – De...
7-ish Alice in Wonderland Quotes That Sum Up Parenthood
Alice in Wonderland, written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll (who would turn a youthful 183 today), is considered the best example of the literary nonsense genre. In such writing, the effect of nonsense i...
Lists for Winter Storm Preparedness
Blizzards and snow days can create havoc with schedules, commuting and childcare. They can also bring families together for some of the best days of the year. A key to enjoying stormy days is pre...
Catch the freshest, cleanest snow for sugar on snow by putting mixing bowls outside during the big snowstorm. Sugar on snow is the best. It's a delicious, easy, seasonal treat for all ages. Simply...
5 Links: World's Worst Mom, Glitter Bombs, Evermotion
1 - The never ending debate about kids safety vs independence became a reality show from Discovery Life. Go behind the scenes with the New York Times article "Parenting Advice From ‘America’s Worst...
Take an Internet Field Trip: 5 Links to Share With Your Kids
Share great links with your kids on an Internet Field Trip curated for Parent Co by Today Box, a website designed for curious kids.
Girls Play Baseball: Lessons From Youtube
Girls can't play baseball? Hold it right there, grasshopper. A few days after Christmas, we slowly started relocating the gifts that remained under the tree to their proper resting places. Among th...
Couples Therapy Will Make You Better Parents
Last week I talked about a few of the reasons I think you need couples therapy. Now I’d like to expound on one that I’d place in the “So Obvious it Hurts My Feelings” category: Going to therapy tog...