Parenting

How to Mold a Child

My son turned a wooden toy fishing rod into a sniper rifle, using paper cutouts and a lot of that clear heavy tape we try to save for wrapping packages. It has a

Stormy Weather

There were raging arguments in the house last week. I almost couldn’t get my weekly essay finished, and am late on this one, because my writing domain at home is an office

Proto-Teenager

I think the term “threenager” is misleading. It implies that three is the only age that comes with teenage-style attitude. Maybe we all know it, parents, and the term only came about because

The Age of Fast Internet

School has been out for a week and we’re descending into YouTube Hell. There’s no day camp this week, and my husband and I are mostly working, so the kiddo gets

Second Wind

My son doesn’t get enough sleep, and it’s probably our fault. It drives me up the wall to be trying to relax in the living room at a decidedly late hour