Parenting a toddler in this century.
When I read the story about Kerry Campbell, a mom who gives her 8-year old daughter Botox, my first reaction was, ‘Seriously?? WTF?’ After getting past the title, which took me a good half hour of shaking my head, my second reaction was, ‘Wow! That is one messed up mother / daughter relationship.” Seriously, woman…learn [...]
A commentary on Billy Cyrus’s interview with GQ that he shouldn’t have tried to be Miley’s friend and disciplined her more. There are so many conflicting views on the topic of being your child’s best friend. To me, it’s as simple as dictionary terms. friend n. 1. a person known well to another and regarded [...]
I don’t send my 4 year old to a private school because I’m a snob. I certainly don’t send her to private school because I can afford it — in this economy, who can? I spend way too much money on private school because it’s my job as a parent to prepare my child for life, and [...]
At the end of January, there was a mom who was arrested in Atlanta for robbing a bank. The headlines read: “High school students skip school to rob bank with mom”. Today, there was another article about an alleged drug dealer bringing his 4 kids along for a delivery. I realize that these are extremes, [...]
Living in Atlanta where summers are unbearably hot, it’s hard to find things that our 3 year old wants to do outside the house. This summer, my goal was to engage her in activities to help her get out more to interact with other children her age. The challenge was making sure that it was [...]
Being a techie mom, I love all things gadgety. One of my favorite cartoons growing up was Inspector Gadget. While other women may drool over diamonds and the latest in handbag fashion, I asked for the newest gaming keyboard for Mother’s Day and a Flip Video Mino HD Camcorder. So, when I catch glimpses of [...]
After the millionth time that Sara asked to watch Dora, I began to suspect that the TV show Dora was being laced with subliminal messages like they used to do in movie theaters to make you think you were thirsty. I figured it out, it’s a conspiracy! Those big hypnotic eyes, and crazy happy smile [...]
The season finale of the TV show “24″, got me thinking about a big parenting question for me. For those of you who don’t watch the show, here’s a brief summary: The US President’s daughter hired someone to kill the man who had killed her brother (the President’s son). While the daughter had second thoughts [...]
Most days with our toddler is filled with awe, laughter, and joy. Then there are days when we wonder if our child has been possessed and in need of a serious exorcism. Today was one of those days. I was in our home office working when all of a sudden, I heard my sweet little [...]
