In a conversation with a friend the other day, we were discussing some of the ways in which our parents would tell us “no”. Sometimes they were mercifully direct and other times they were frustratingly opaque. They would give you an answer but you still had no idea where you stood. Until you learned to [...]
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The Many Shades of “NO”
Posted in family, parenting, tagged family, parenting on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Margaritas trump Mother Nature
Posted in parenting, recipes, tagged parenting, recipes on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As part of our being older parents, we try to make sure that dual-income parenthood does not bring about a premature death to adult socialization. We like to spend time with other humans who can tie their shoes, wipe their own nose and don’t necessarily cry when they don’t get their way. Often this means [...]