Parenting

There’s so much discourse about mothers: our mental load, our invisible labor, our tireless efforts, etc. This space is valid and necessary.  But it doesn’t...

In order to prepare for a new phase in my life after having a baby, I chose to conduct fieldwork focusing on a species...

This is the short conversation I had with my son after ungracefully smacking a yellow jacket on my living room window sill. Jude:  "Did you...

Paperwork is insidious. From the daily mail to school communications to artwork to instructions and invitations, it pours into the house, and paperwork mess...

My daughter had been talking about getting her ears pierced for a while – before she turned 4. At the time I had told...

Except for two standard-length maternity leaves, I have worked outside the home throughout my motherhood tenure. In the wake of school closures in mid-March...

I have a love/hate relationship with laundry. I love that all I have to get it washed is toss it in the machine.  It’s just so...

Middle school arrived with a flourish. A new school year, a new and much larger school, new classmates and a whole host of new opportunities,...

I've come a long way in my fifteen years as a mom. From a fearful, hovering helicopter to a confident, laid back adviser. It's funny how...

A few months ago I shared with you about what it’s like parenting my bi-racial children.  They are unique in that they come from...

Have you ever seen the show Cutthroat Kitchen? It's a cooking competition hosted by Alton Brown where the contestants sabotage one another by forcing...

Are you traumatized by current events? Feel like you and everyone else are wrapped up in it, and yet you cannot find footing? Did you just trip on your rotting jack-o-lantern on the way down your front steps to get the latest 25lbs of gift catalogs in the mail? Don’t get overwhelmed. I’ll help you get through these 2 months of Christmas preparations with advice from someone who has never celebrated Christmas.

Congratulations! Despite having only just brought your baby home from the hospital last week, today they’re suddenly ready for middle school! However ready your...

I think it’s time we started making reproductive health an open subject. We need to have honest, supportive discussions with no judgment. I also...