Charting the puzzles and peeves of kid-herding — from Huggies to homework, Pilates to pinatas...

January 2012

• Your Child, Your Mouthpiece
  Don't turn your kid into your personal picket sign. It's creepy.

October 2011

• Thank-You Notes
  Classy and timeless? Or outdated and meaningless?
• Gift Wrap This
  Are you worn down by wrapping paper sales and jog-a-thons? You ain't the only one, sister.

September 2011

• Avoiding the Custody Shuffle
  'Bird-nesting' means the kids stay at home and the PARENTS come and go ...
• What If My Kid's Gay?
  Though we may have hunches about our kids, experts say we can't ever really tell.

August 2011

• Lewd Lullabies
  It's not that I INTEND to sing dirty songs to my son, it's just that ...
• My Child, My 'Friend'?
  Am I spying on him ... or is he spying on me?

July 2011

• The Brand Canyon
  When the kid's just GOT to have Converse ... (sigh)
• Circumcision: Cut It Out?
  There's been quite a lot of flap over foreskins lately ...

June 2011

• Giving Birth: A Laughing Matter?
  I coulda used a giggle in the delivery room. You?
• Lost: One Father
  Remembering the man who made me write, even though he's still alive.

May 2011

• I Want Camp
  Imagining Pie Camp, and High Metabolism Camp, for grown-ups ...
• Online Grades
  I get a big, fat 'F' for Freaking Out:

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February 2, 2012
The muffling of 'I love you'

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January 5, 2012
Your Child, Your Mouthpiece

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Urine for a Treat

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