Browsing all posts in April, 2009.

What Not to Say to a Kid About Food

Last week Psychology Today blogs featured a guest post by Dr. Deanna Minich, a nutitionist, entitled Seven Things You Should Never Say to Your Child About Food. It was pretty funny. Go read it.

Driving Mr. Goth

I am my child’s chauffeur.
Every mom knows this line.
From the time your kids are old enough to get involved in outside activities, your car becomes the center of your life.
Morning carpool. Followed by a field trip. Then a doctor’s appointment. Followed by afternoon carpool. Then the mandatory athletic practice. Followed by evening activities.
Is it any [...]

Don’t Panic! (Not Yet)

The swine flu outbreak has everyone up in arms. Twitter was all over it. The science blogs are covering it non-stop. The WHO is carefully tiptoeing around the word “pandemic,” chosing to update it’s definitions rather than upgrade the status of the current outbreak.

You’re Not Alone, You’re Just a Loner-Sunday Rehash

Do you cringe when your child comes home from school with a party invitation? Do you come home from your kid’s play dates more exhausted than he is? Do you duck and hide when you run into other mothers at the grocery store?
You’re not alone. Really, you’re not. You’re just a loner.
According to population [...]

Whitepaste Cuisine

But this post ISN’T about pica.

It’s about the glue that holds a family together–

The dinner table.

In Support of Madlyn Primoff

Madlyn Primoff, in case you’ve been in a coma for the past few days, is the 45 year old Manhattan attorney who had had it with her daughters bickering in the car, pulled over, and shooed them out.
She’s facing criminal charges of child endangerment. And she’s been banned from having contact with the children. And [...]

I Excel at Allowance

There have been a bunch of posts recently in the mom-blogosphere discussing allowance and chores.
As if the two were related. At all.
Those (four) of you who read my blog regularly know my position on chores. It is, quite simply:
YES.
I wholeheartedly believe in chores. EVERYONE in the household has a job to do. Everyone needs to [...]

Oh! The Drama!

Ask just about any mother for the moment when she knew her young child was a drama queen (male or female, totally irrelevant), and the answer will always be the same.
The day the kid realized that he could dress himself. Or the day you made the masochistic decision that it was time for the kid [...]

Alcohol Awareness, The Mother Style

The conversation at the family dinner tonight:

The Grouch: We had another stupid alcohol awareness meeting today.

The Mother (while holding her glass of wine aloft): Well? Did it work? Are you aware of alcohol?

Pregnant Busybodies-Sunday Rehash

(Originally published 1/23/09)
There’s something about a pregnant woman that invites everyone she meets to talk to her. People who never spoke to her for the seven years that she has shared an elevator with them suddenly have a vested interest in her health, her pregnancy, and her life.
So, since the constant heartburn, unrelenting nausea, basketball [...]