RVA Family: Anachronistic youth
My kids have never known a world without iPhones and iPads, but all they want to do is use a landline and read letters written on actual paper.
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RVA Family: Dining with tiny humans
Kids’ behavior when eating out works on a continuum. So which Richmond restaurants are most able and willing to help us navigate the unpredictability inherent to dining out with tiny humans?
RVA Family: Tiny freedoms
In trying to be more present with my kids, I’ve found myself thinking more about why I might be saying “no” in a given moment.
RVA Family: Life as a transplant
Thoughts about parenting–and just living–in Richmond from a “non-lifer.”
RVA Family: This is my Busy Week
I’d describe myself as a productive person, but not a busy person. Except for this week. This is my Busy Week of the year. And I don’t know how regularly busy people manage.
My first father-daughter dance
Being a son of a mother, a father-daughter dance was not an event type to which I had previous exposure, so I prepared myself for an entirely new experience. What I discovered was an entirely familiar experience.
Volunteering anxiety: A complex parenting challenge
Where do I go? What do I say? Who else will be there? Do I really have to do this?
Monday Monday
Sam Davies doesn’t fear Mondays. He embraces them. It’s Tuesday that throws a wrench in his week.
Best laid plans
What happens when your plan to do nothing is thwarted by children who want to do even less?
Conditional hummus
Once your children learn they can say no to things, they do, all the time. Something that was perfectly acceptable yesterday is inexplicably not acceptable today. A child has expectations, and if the expectations are not met to an exacting standard, catastrophe can result.
