Happy birthday, grownup!
As a 30-something grownup, I feel conflicted about my birthday. On one hand, I miss the big deal everyone made over me when I was a kid; on the other hand, I honestly don’t want anyone to go to the trouble.
Archives: parenting
5 Things for Families
Some spooky stuff, some science stuff, some do-gooder stuff–we got a little bit of everything this weekend.
Raising Richmond: This is not a restaurant
If your declarations of “this is not a restaurant” still don’t end in your child cleaning her plate or trying new food, here are some meal combos for you and your picky eaters to spare you from making different meals for everyone in the family.
Cabin fever
Need to get out of the house but want to avoid places where you’ll get the stink-eye for having your newborn in tow? Look no further! Let me be your Stefon of infant-friendly outing suggestions.
Raising Richmond: “Do you know about Jesus?”
I have practiced in my head many times how my husband and I will handle all the tough talks with our daughter, like drugs, sex, and gender politics. But the hardest one for me–religion–is up first.
Raising Richmond: What I learned on my summer vacation
Now that vacations are done for the season, here are my untimely travel tips from late summer trips I took with my family. If this advice is too late to be useful for you, just print out this article, fold it into the December section of your day planner, then transfer it to your next year’s day planner for easy access when you take vacations again!
Privacy, the Internet, and pictures of my kids
It feels like the idea of privacy is going to be even harder for my kids than it is for me–like they aren’t going to have a choice. Do I even have a choice?
Raising Richmond: Back to school for the first time
The start of preschool sets the schedule for the rest of my child’s childhood: field trips, book bags, school photos. Bring it.
