On Mother’s Day, learning to sit still in my own house
My husband and my split of childcare has evolved since we first became parents a little less than three Mother’s Days ago. We have eventually …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Salary.com and the $117,867 mom
Every year around Mother's Day, Salary.com posts a calculation of what price a mom's services would command on the open market. This year, Salary.com values …Read More
How to volunteer
For the past several years, I’ve been serving as the president of the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, a 50-60 voice mixed ensemble that specializes in …Read More
Navigating the Children’s Activity Gauntlet
I think it’s an open question whether younger kids or older kids require more juggling. My kids are quite young – almost 3, and 7 …Read More
Reflections on a Marathon
April 25 dawned chilly but clear in Big Sur, California. With the crack of a gun, I and a few thousand other folks started running …Read More
Yep, parents are spending more time with their kids
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 …Read More
Dr. Phil and free time
So the Dr. Phil show today is going to feature recent research from John Robinson at the University of Maryland that claims moms have 30-40 …Read More
Handmade is the new black
My column, "Handmade is the new black," ran in USA Today this morning. Though mostly about the rise of the craft economy, it relates, broadly …Read More
Time to run a marathon
One of the tips I learned while writing 168 Hours is to figure out exactly how long any given activity will take. Then you can …Read More
What are we doing this weekend?
While weekdays often pass in a blur of rushing from one thing to the next, weekends require a different mindset. It's easy to lose track …Read More