Well, we don’t have to…
The house feels weirdly empty this week. The 12-year-old is staying with cousins for the week, and the 14-year-old departed yesterday for his technology competition. …Read More
Tag Archives: Parenting
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Parenting in the Teen Years with Ellen Galinsky
The teen years get a bad reputation, but there are many positive things about young people developing their adult selves. It can be an amazing …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Parenting math — how much time should you spend with your kids?
There's a narrative that if you work full time, you'll "never" see your kids. When people track their time, they tend to find this isn't …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Kids + screen time (Screen series part 1 of 3)
Over the next few weeks, Best of Both Worlds will be looking at several topics related to life in our digital world. In this week's …Read More
Tuesday adventures: Mommy Day #5 and Mary Chapin Carpenter
One of the themes of my next book is how to make life feel more sustainable and joyful on an average Tuesday. Yesterday was something, …Read More
Report on Mommy Day #3
For my Mommy Days this summer (part of my Summer Fun List) I've generally been doing less ambitious things. But my oldest had asked for …Read More
Mommy Day #1, 2022 edition
Now that it is August, I'm working through my Summer Fun List with some intention and urgency. One of the biggest remaining question marks was …Read More
TBT Scorecard: Little adventures, if not big ones
I have been tracking my time for a great many years. One of the quirks of the calendar is that you wind up repeating the …Read More
Ninety cents of fun (and 2 hours of naptime)
Just posting quickly, as I have a 2 hours of nap time to get through an entire day's worth of work... For any Frugal Girl readers, …Read More
Traveling with the kids, summer morning runs, etc.
Over at The SHU Box this week, Sarah posted about financial priorities in light of a bear market and inflation. The upside: traveling remains a …Read More