Turns out parents want to go easier on themselves in 2015. Or, as in our host’s case, get more combative with their offspring. Plus, we make a big show announcement!
I’m a big fan of turning trash into toys. But I also get that it’s weird to put a bow on the recycling bin. Here’s a list of my favorite materials for homemade fun…with retail equivalents.
Pre-schoolers’ backpacks are full of nonsensical scribbles. But sometimes you dig up gems. What have you found in YOUR kids’ backpacks?
Sasha watches a kid knock her tooth out at the same playground where she broke her leg. And like last time, she draws about it.
Joseph Primo of Good Grief, Inc. answers my questions on how to talk to young children about death, whether or not they’ve actually encountered loss. Plus, his personal list of preferable vs unpreferable ways to die.
Our morning routine: my daughter eats breakfast, gets dressed, brushes her teeth, gets in the car to go to daycare. And asks about death.
At first glance, toddler scrawl can look like nonsense. But underneath the mish-mosh, there may be a very simple message.
I am convinced her doors must MEAN something. They do. And it’s not at all what I think.