Parents With Awesome First-Day Pics, I Salute You
I have serious envy for the people who manage to get those great first day of school pictures each year. Really. No sarcasm, no eye rolling, no shade being thrown. …
Kids
Lots Of Advice On How To Get Kids Out The Freaking Door In The Morning
Mornings in my house usually go pretty smoothly. My husband gets up insanely early and is often gone before anybody else is up. My son (a high school freshman) has …
Taking A Bad Situation And Making It Worse: Shaming A Child On Facebook
This morning I got up very early to appear on the Pix11 Morning News to talk about a video that went viral of a mom berating her daughter for saying …
Raising Children Is Like Flying In An Airplane
If you sit next to me on an airplane, you’ll see a calm, slightly annoyed-looking woman, probably wearing headphones or trying to fall asleep (which may just be a ploy …
BMI and Kids: Why It’s Bullshit
Today the NY Post ran a story about a girl in Staten Island who was told by her school that she was fat. One look at her and it’s obvious …
Do we expect too little of our children?
On the days when Jake (10) and Fiona (7) get out of school at the same time, Jake is supposed to bring Fiona home. This just makes sense to me. …