Yale prof and mom-of-two Amy Chua set the Internets aflutter this weekend when the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from her new book, Battle […]
So here it is, finally. Christmas Eve. Time to exhale and marvel at what I’ve accomplished yet again. Year after year, there’s an overwhelming amount […]
Old ladies are smart. Or maybe just wise, which doesn’t always mean smart as much as it does experienced. Case in point: I’ve been thinking […]
My daughter and I saw The Kids Are All Right the other day. We went at my insistence, even though she was knee-deep in unpacked […]
My daughter and I were visiting my mom on Long Beach Island last week and, due to Bedroom Shuffle, we ended up sleeping together. I’m […]
I have a dingy, blind farm animal in my purse, and I feel completely ridiculous. My child is at sleep-away camp, and I’ve decided to […]
We’re going to party like it’s 1999. Seriously. 1999 was the last year we weren’t parents. Our daughter, who was born in 2000, is leaving […]
I sit in the wake of a wonderful day and worry. It was a Father’s Day of kayaking, my favorite dinner, crayon drawings and “I […]
I spent my weekend pitying Laurence Sunderland. For those who haven’t been playing along at home, he’s the dad of intrepid would-be youngest-ever-solo-circumnavigator-of-the-globe Abby Sunderland, […]
We had our first-ever birthday party for Blair the other day. Her first real birthday party. At a place. That we paid for. With lots […]
I had to read the Inquirer headline three times last night to actually believe it: “Day-care owner found not guilty in toddler’s death.” This is […]
