12 Things I Want My Daughters To Know

Your intelligence should be ever-expanded with quality books, education, and conversation. Don’t stop seeking them out. I really don’t care if you don’t take a jacket. You’re not going to die of exposure in New Jersey. Just don’t be the girl who doesn’t take a jacket and then whines about the cold. She’s annoying. Focus […]

Happier Family Life, the French Way?

A reflection on Pamela Druckerman’s “Bringing Up Bébé” Last summer one of my first posts here admired the seemingly hands-off style of 1970’s parenting. Go back and read if you like. Kitty Foreman’s hair shaking is priceless. Turns out, what I really needed to do was go a little Parisian. Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela […]

To the Moms of Many, I’m sorry…

…for thinking you’re batsh*t crazy. In the past, I would occasionally witness women I knew, with three or more children, go on to become pregnant with their fourth or fifth. I wrongly assumed that, though I may like and respect this woman, she had one or more of the following major problems: Her health insurance […]