7 ways to keep kid activities from taking over your life (or at least your weekends)
One unsung upside of having four children is that almost no one tells me "Just you wait!" anymore. Back when I "only" had two, and …Read More
Category Archives: Parenting & Family
The assignment and the follow-up
One of the highlights of third grade at my kids' school is something called "The Wax Museum." The children each choose a historical (or current) …Read More
The sky cleared
My oldest is turning 9 this week, and we celebrated over the weekend. The big gift: going to see a Phillies game. My husband and …Read More
Another one of those days
It is simple math that four children create more chances for disaster than two children. Today was one of those days. The 8-year-old had forgotten …Read More
What changes and what does not
On Facebook, people often mark the birthdays of their eldest children with memories of becoming a parent for the first time. Sometimes there are baby …Read More
Hurrah for Captain Underpants
My 6-year-old started this school year not reading. He was not interested, and did not want to practice or anything of the sort. Over the past …Read More
Reader question: If starting a family is in my future, what should I do now?
Our reader question today comes from Caitlin, who is getting married this fall. She and her soon-to-be husband would like to start a family soon. …Read More
San Diego with the kids
We spent the past week on vacation in San Diego. We were on a 7:40 A.M. flight from Philadelphia on Monday, which involved getting up …Read More
The camp spreadsheet
Every year around this time, I come to the question of what we are doing this summer. It is a complicated question, as it involves …Read More