I often find reason to reflect on how incredibly different my daughters' childhood will be than mine was. And it's not just cell phones and google or our relationship with technology that makes childhood different today; it's our relationship with childhood itself. Author Michael Ungar, … [Read more...]
His Current Obsession
Of course I love my children. And, like most moms, I think they are totally the bomb. But part of this is that there are things I truly admire about them. Things that are quirky and unique and represent something that sets them apart. These things, for the most part, are qualities that I didn't … [Read more...]
A Spoonful of Sugar
We collect Turn Of The Last Century children’s activity books, and some of the activities – taxidermy, anyone? – are a bit questionable now, while some of them – making candy and kites, “nutting parties” – are sadly rather lost. And that’s the way time goes, I guess, sweetness getting left behind … [Read more...]
Overheard
My five year-old daughter and her friend playing make-believe in the living room:DAUGHTER: "Pretend I'm the mom, and you're the kid."FRIEND: "And you're a teenager."DAUGHTER: "Teenagers aren't moms!"FRIEND: "Some of them are."DAUGHTER: … [Read more...]
A Tantrum at Costco
Thus far, I've been pretty lucky when it comes to tantrums. My kids have never really been into the the screaming, lying-on-the-floor, kicking and wailing kind of thing. They're more of the whining sort, which is equally painful in its own way. However, this was … [Read more...]
What’s Old is New and Still Tons of Fun
When I was a kid we didn't have the massive selection of toys available today. My sisters and I had a giant tub of Barbies and Barbie clothes. We made our own Barbie house out of book shelves, boxes, and tissues. We played boardgames like Monopoly and Yahtzee and coloured in our colouring books. … [Read more...]
Mothering or Meddling?
How involved should we be in our children's social lives? Check out the latest Mom's The Word Video Podcast and let me know what you think. … [Read more...]
To YouTube or Not to YouTube
I love YouTube. I can spend hours and hours (and hours) there. It's almost as big a black hole for me as Wikipedia. Oh, and facebook. I forgot about facebook. Geez, there sure are enough places to spend your time on the internet, aren't there? And I wonder why I never get anything done … [Read more...]
Cars, dolls and games…Oh My!
Ah...the holiday season. Crisp snow, warm fires, fragrant trees and soft candle light and... TOYS!!! Christmas and Chanukah have come and gone and now we have a million more toys to store. Well, maybe not a million but definitely more than we had two weeks ago. Luckily, as … [Read more...]
Tell Me About Your Failure
Take those things out of your ears and tell me your biggest failure right this minute young lady!" That's me, parent extraordinaire, attempting a deep bonding moment with my pre-teen daughter. I was just following the advice of Stanford University professor Carol Dweck in her book, Mindset: The New … [Read more...]
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