As yet another Mother’s Day approaches I’ve been thinking about my place in this institution. No, my nipples are no longer cracked and bleeding. And I sleep pretty well at night, thank you very much.… Read More »Motherhood. It Gets Easier?
Hi everyone Hard to believe the last weekend of April is here! The spring is flying and we have another fun weekend of events happening! This weekend get out and enjoy Sakura Matsuri at Brooklyn… Read More »Weekend Events in Brooklyn & NYC: April 24th-26th
Do you know what Minecraft is? Well, our littles are still too young for it (at least, that’s what we continue to tell them), but when we read this post from Mother Words blogger Jennifer… Read More »Minecraft is Creeping Me Out: Excerpt from Mother Words
You are ready to head out of the door to the park then your kid has a volcanic meltdown on the floor because they do not want to go to the park. The place that… Read More »3 Ways to End Transition Troubles
When I first read this post by Mother Words blogger Jenny Raphael, I told her if she replaced “hoodies” with “tutus” and “sweatpants” with “leggings” this would be my Life in Laundry as well. As always, her… Read More »My Laundry, My Sons: Excerpt from Mother Words
My kindergartener can’t get enough of chapter books these days, and that suits my husband just fine (though I still pine for the days of 6 Elephant & Piggie books at bedtime), but we still… Read More »Time To Read! April Round Up of Our Favorite Children’s Books
Philadelphia contributor Paige Wolf shares her thoughts on raising interested, and invested children. We couldn’t agree more. Last week at a parent-teacher conference, the words used to describe my four-year-old were “righteous,” “fair,” and… Read More »A Wish for My Children to be Passionate, Fair, and Righteous
We’re overjoyed to feature this installment of blogger and mama Sarah Kurliand‘s homeschooling column, Education Expedition! Ever heard of “worldschooling?” Neither had we. This month, Sarah interviews Jessica Sueiro, blogger for GoodieGoodieGumDrop and world schooling mama, to get… Read More »Education Expedition: Worldschooling
Our resident family food expert, Ginger Bakos of Dinosaurs are NOT Food, discusses how our behaviors (and hang ups) around food and “dieting” can affect our children. 80% of all 10 year old girls in the… Read More »On Dieting (and in front of your kids):
My father has often joked that he has two speeds: slow and stop. And it seems my daughters have inherited this trait. While I have not actually finished Infinite Jest, I’m pretty sure that I, too, would (finally) be able… Read More »The Two Speeds of the Raphael Boys: Excerpt from Mother Words