Mama Said: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about kids and lying . . . how to encourage honesty and how to handle it when they fail. Not that our perfect children would ever lie. Nooooo. How about you? Do you have any strategies for dealing with lying? . . .
Mama Said | Babysitters: Where to Find One and How Much to Pay
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about babysitters: where we find them, how we vet them, and how much to pay. How about you? Do you have any strategies for finding a good sitter? . . .
Inspiring New Year’s Resolutions That Actually Worked
New Year’s resolutions . . . I’ve always made them, but I rarely follow through with all of them. Everyone’s that way, right? So for inspiration this year, I started looking for resolution success stories—people who made a major life change on January 1 and stayed with it all year long with life-changing results. Over at Babble, I’ve featured a few of those stories, from learning to walk again to becoming less materialistic to quitting the practice of gossip. Maybe they’ll give you some ideas, . . .
Mama Said: What's Your Bedtime Routine?
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about how we get (or try to get) our kids to go to bed. How about you? Do you have any strategies for bedtime? . . .
Ten news stories from this year that will restore your faith in humanity
Unrest in the Middle East, the Boston Marathon bombings, the NSA spying scandal, the government shutdown, Miley Cyrus...there have been plenty of news stories in 2013 that make me want to curl up in a fetal position. People can absolutely be the worst. Which is why I'm a sucker for those yearly roundups of uplifting news you tend to see at this time every year. You know, the ones that are supposed to restore your faith in humanity? Because here at the end of 2013, it turns out I do, in fact, . . .
10 Rules for Raising Independent Kids
We’ve all run into them before: People who seem to have no idea how to function in the real world. High schoolers who can’t keep track of their own school assignments. College kids who have never done a load of laundry. Young adults who know how to upload a video to YouTube but have no idea how to prepare a meal. And as much as we want to blame Facebook or liberals or “kids these days” for these shortcomings, the truth is that parents can be a significant part of the problem. While I think the . . .
10 Book Series to Read Aloud with Your Kids
I fail at a lot of things as a parent, but one thing I think Mark and I have done well is teach our kids to be voracious readers. (Here’s an earlier post about raising kids who love to read). One thing we are trying to do more of is read together, aloud, as a family. There’s something about all of us sitting around the table or on the couch together getting immersed in a story for the first time. Of course, it can be a challenge to find a book that appeals to our spread of ages and—this is . . .
Ten inspiring quotes from Nelson Mandela
I’m inspired by Nelson Mandela every time I think about his 27 years in prison, his strong push to abolish apartheid, and his work on racial reconciliation and poverty.Over at Babble, I’ve collected some of my favorite quotes from Nelson Mandela, and in the wake of his recent passing, I hope they inspire you the same way they inspire me. . . .
What we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving
I decided to try to capture what each of my kids were thankful for this Thanksgiving, in their own voices. (Literally.) I used Voxer to record them saying whatever came to mind. I love hearing what they said, and also their little voices. You can hear their responses at this post. . . .
15 Awesome Celebrity Body Image Quotes
If the celebrity rags were to be believed, a woman’s worth is in her weight. From speculating on Jessica Simpson’s post-baby weight to sharing Kim Kardashian’s EXACT DIET (seriously – those words were on the cover), it seems like our celeb-obsessed culture can’t stop focusing on celebrities and their weight. And while I don’t think that celebrities need to be our body image role models, it’s always refreshing when celebrities push back. Ovver at Babble I’ve collected a few great quotes . . .
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