Wisdom Archives - Page 23 of 70

04/14/16

15 Reasons Your Kids are Really Following the Rules

Next time your kid follows a household rule, feel free to pat yourself on the back. But please know their motivations are probably very different than you imagine.

04/13/16

8 Ways to Screw Up a Play Date

Every mom has different rules and philosophies, and there is no time this becomes more glaringly obvious than when you have to parallel parent.

04/11/16

This Pregnancy Photo Series is Both Honest and Hilarious

Danielle Guenther isn’t taking pregnancy photos of moms-to-be silhouetted in their bedroom windows. She’s taking them of women barfing in their purse.

04/08/16

A Nervous Mom’s Guide to Surviving Childbirth

None of the books ever actually address the one question every pregnant woman truly wants the answer to: Exactly how terrified should I be about labor and delivery?

04/05/16

Why I HATE HATE HATE Going Under the Parachute with my Kids

Is there something you are supposed to like doing with your kids that you just DON’T? For Karen Alpert (aka Baby Sideburns), that thing is the GODDAMN PARACHUTE.

03/31/16

Mazzy Tearing Up the Mountain

Last week, we went to Park City, Utah for a family ski trip. This year is the first year Mike, Mazzy and I could ski altogether. It was, in a word— AWESOME.

03/22/16

Homesick for Harlow and Harlow Home Sick

Harlow came down with a stomach bug while Mike, Mazzy and I are away on a family trip. Now we are doing our best to comfort her from over 2000 miles away.

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03/21/16

16 Times Parents Needed to Up their Child Proofing Game

Kids seem to go from rolling over to crawling to scaling the walls in a blink of an eye. As a result, every parent has a moment when they find their child somewhere they least expected.

03/18/16

7 Ways to Make Friday Night a Special Night

After reading about Harlow’s newfound love of Shabbat, my cousin Elyssa, who is studying to be a rabbi, volunteered to write a post about how every family can benefit from Friday night rituals.

03/16/16

Mommy Shorts in the White House

Yesterday, I was invited to the White House to hear Michelle Obama speak about her Let’s Move campaign. Yep, I still can’t believe that happened.

03/11/16

Mike’s Daily News Just Made My Morning

I am married to a control freak with a master sense of logistics and a better track record than Al Roker when it comes to the weather.

03/10/16

21 Legendary Punishments that Kids Couldn’t Forget if they Tried

I asked parents to tell me the biggest threat they ever followed through on. Or the biggest threat their parents followed through on. The stuff family legends are made of.

03/07/16

What Exactly is a Play Date?

This past weekend Harlow let know her very firm opinions on the definition of a “play date”. It is not a movie. It is not ice skating. And it is definitely NOT lunch.

03/02/16

Ultimatums: The Dead End of Parenting Tools

You try logic, you try reason, you try begging and bribery, but eventually desperation leads every parent to the dead end of negotiation tools: the ultimatum. FYI, those never ever work.

03/01/16

Please, Don’t be a Mean Girl Mom

I never do this, but this woman pissed me off, so I wrote about it.