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ATM Book Club Week 8 (Chapter 7)
I’m running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can join at any time; there are links to previous weeks at the bottom of the post.
Chapter 7 is called “The Chicken Mystique.” I think the idea for this chapter had been brewing in my head since I read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Mir… read more »
Parenting: Now vs. the 1960s
(Laura’s note: I’m taking the week off and revisiting some blog posts from years past. This post ran in spring of 2010).
Tara Parker-Pope’s Well blog over at the New York Times highlighted findings this week from economists Garey and Valerie Ramey that college-educated parents are spending lots more time with their kids than they did a g… read more »
Equally Shared Parenting
(Laura’s note: I’m taking the week off, and revisiting some posts from past years. This book review ran in January of 2010).
Over the past few years, Marc and Amy Vachon have found themselves in the public eye for what, judging by some of the comments on blog posts about them, seems like a pretty controversial and non-traditional lifestyle. Nope… read more »
Create one-on-one time with each kid
(Laura’s note: I’m taking the week off, so we’ll be revisiting a few old blog posts this week. This one was from September 2010, when I had two children. The issue seems even more germane now that I have three.)
In a recent webinar, one participant spoke of wanting to find solo time for each child, given that she had children. This is a good que… read more »
ATM Book Club Week 7 (Chapter 6)
I’m running an informal book club on the blog devoted to All the Money in the World. You can join at any time; there are links to previous weeks at the bottom of this post.
This week we’re discussing Chapter 6, “The Marginal Cost of Children.” If you haven’t read the book, or want a refresher, you can read my USA Today column on a si… read more »
