A while back I mentioned something about snoopervising and I promised to write something about it. Well, here it is.
When my kids were little, I liked to have an idea what they were up to most all the time. Not hanging over their shoulders, but just keeping one ear open and one eye on what […]

Many of you may be in the plum middle of a glorious spring. But we are still trudging along under a thick mass of gray clouds that occasionally drop rain or snow on us. I’m not kidding! And though I have seen a few daffodils around town (poor things), my forsythia is still holding off. […]

We hear a lot today about father hunger: so many kids grow up with absentee dads, and it leaves a gnawing hunger in them as they restlessly look a for paternal authority that takes responsibility and loves sacrificially. It is a sad reality. But this parental abdication is not limited to dads.
I see a real […]

When my daughters were growing up, my husband and I made a deliberate child-rearing decision about the kinds of dolls we wanted in our home. Now you may think this is a pretty funny thing to write a post about. But I actually think it is very important.
As far as I can tell, there are […]

When it comes to shopping for the kids for Christmas, most moms are concerned that they spend a pretty equal amount on each of the kids so that they won’t look like they are playing favorites. I used to think this was a lot of fuss and bother until I had my own children and […]

I’m reading a delightful book called Bed and Board by the charming and wacky Robert Farrar Capon. There is so much good stuff (mixed in with the occasional bad) that I really must share some samples from his chapter on Roles where he is discussing motherhood and fatherhood. It is simply spectacular. First a few […]