Best of Both Worlds podcast: Sports parenting with Rebecca Smith
Sports can be intense. Witness the Olympics! But even before that level, athletics can be quite stressful for many young people. If you are raising …Read More
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Another long weekend in the books
Everyone is back home and packing up for tomorrow, so the weekend is close to over. I think we did achieve my goal of everyone …Read More
Friday miscellany: Wow, this is a long weekend already…
Long-time readers might recall some previous posts of mine on how "Long weekends with small children are not relaxing." The kids have been done with …Read More
Everyone gets something to look forward to
My kids get quite a long weekend for Presidents' Day -- the Monday, of course, but also Friday, which is a teacher in-service day. Thursday …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Creative solutions for work and life with Anandi Raman Creath
On the Best of Both Worlds podcast, we love sharing the stories of women who've come up with ways to make work and life fit …Read More
The transaction costs of a family adventure
I aim to have one big adventure and one little adventure each week. This week my choir wasn't singing, and no one had activities until …Read More
Friday miscellany: The light is shifting
We are approximately 7.5 weeks past the winter solstice right now. Who's counting? Me. I am somewhat obsessed with the patterns of how light shifts …Read More
Waking before the alarm
I've generally set an alarm for weekday mornings, though for big chunks of the last 15 years, it's been aspirational. I might need to wake …Read More
The 5 a.m. walking club
From January 10 to January 16, thousands of folks tracked their time for my 2022 Time Tracking Challenge. (You can use the sign-up form on …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Hodge podge
Today's hodge podge conversational episode of Best of Both Worlds features a few topics. First Sarah and I give some brief life updates. For instance, she …Read More