Tag: kids
Dining Out with Kids — Doin’ It, and Doin’ It, and...
Dining out with kids—yours, someone else’s, or any combination thereof—can strike fear into the hearts of any parent. How should I dress them? Sophia won’t eat...
Things Dads Don’t Do
You might be thinking, what does she mean "things dads don't do"?! For the most part, dads these days are a lot more involved...
A Mind of Her Own: Raising a Girl in a Man’s...
My three and a half year old daughter, donning her best Princess Leia dress (just a regular dress, only two sizes too big) and...
Sugar and Spice . . . and Everything Lice
It's been a head scratching few weeks around here! My husband and I escaped to San Francisco a couple weeks ago, and on our...
Why Manners Matter
When my six-year-old was a baby, I was immersed for the first time in the fascinating new world of Other Parents. I had no...
Mourning the End of Childbearing
I was never sure if I wanted to have children. Even after I got married, I wasn’t sure if kids were for me. I...
The Only—The Lonely
I’ve had a great life, and I have complete faith it will only continue to get better and better. That said, I am an...
Parental Public Humiliation :: My Child’s Top Four Achievements . ....
Having studied early childhood education and worked with children for years before I had my own, I thought I mostly knew what to expect....
Non-Toy Gift Ideas for Kids
When I started planning my youngest’s first birthday, there was one thing I knew I didn’t want to add to our home—more toys! I...
Your Opportunity to Change a Child’s Life
Ella, who lives with a Monroe Harding foster family, came into care almost a year ago. When she arrived, this 12-year-old middle school student...