Last week, a group of us started chatting about exactly how to teach very young children about race. Of course,…

April 14, 2016

Now that potty training is over a year behind us, I’m finally read to accept that the kid has been…

April 4, 2016

As someone who’s read aaaalll the parenting books, I thought I had this one area down: not treating my daughter…

February 22, 2016

Amy on Alpha Mom brought up Ask Moxie’s Tension Increasers and Decreasers today, and oh, how I wish I knew about…

February 10, 2016

Back long ago when I was pregnant with Bean, Dave and I read about Montessori floor beds and loved the…

January 20, 2016

Yesterday, Bean was in the final stretch of recovering from her recent leg ailment. It’s nearly impossible to keep a toddler from…

November 18, 2015

I realize that’s a totally random and odd question to ask. But, it’s one of my favorite unintuitive pieces of…

November 12, 2015

I’m feeling good today, y’all. Sometimes, as life is in the process of happening, I don’t want to write about…

September 30, 2015

On a walk with a friend the other day, she laughingly and exasperatedly told me about her crazed morning with…

September 24, 2015

I hope you know by now, internet, that there isn’t a parenting book I won’t read. I find them endlessly…

July 13, 2015

This is a topic that Dave and I have been discussing a lot recently, and I find our different approaches interesting.…

July 8, 2015

A few months ago, I wrote about how we’d had to start implementing Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility at the…

May 5, 2015

I’ve had to do a lot of work around the apartment the pass few weeks, something Bean was none too…

April 28, 2015

Picture: A small child, her round face paused in absolute rapture, weaving through adults and children, curls bouncing as she…

April 21, 2015

As babies and toddlers grow, it seems like they change drastically by the month. Some changes are easy to see…

April 14, 2015