Best of Both Worlds podcast: College admissions with Alice Chen
I sent my high school senior off to his first day of school this morning. We spent time working through his college list last night …Read More
Tag Archives: Parenting
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Long weekends with little kids survival guide
People often speak of long weekends as "relaxing." But if you have little kids, you know that they are often anything but! In this week's episode …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Back to school, 2024 edition
My kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day. But I know for a lot of families this week or next marks the …Read More
Rainy Friday round-up
Like much of the East Coast, we have gotten drenched this week. I've been hoping that the counselors at my 9-year-old's camp are not experiencing …Read More
Celebratory meals, care packages, hodge podge
Today’s blog post is just a hodge podge…Over the weekend my husband and I took our two older boys out for their celebratory dinners (for …Read More
Hello August!
Last month I wrote about often calling June the “Friday night” of summer. I guess that makes July the Saturday of summer, and August the …Read More
Pool time/screen time
Like most modern children, my kids are into their screens. I've tried setting hour limits in the past, but it just becomes another source of …Read More
Weekend: Shifting numbers of kids, solo swims…
We briefly had four kids at home, but now it's back down to three. The 17-year-old came home late Friday night. He likes his room! …Read More
Teen room organization/decorating
In our old house, my two older boys had been crammed together in a fairly small room. In our new house, they can each have …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Rest and trading off
There's a certain narrative out there that working mothers of small kids have zero downtime. From a time diary perspective this is not true. However, …Read More