Parenting in pictures
Creative Loafing usually features words with pictures, but this week they will be featuring pictures with words and asked me to submit 3-5 pictures with captions from which they could choose. This was my response: “You are so funny. I’m a Jewish mom, with two kids who are 11 years old and you think I [...]
It took balls to get up there in a stuffed bra
At my children’s school, there’s an annual Grandparents Day, where all the Bubbes and Zaydies, Nanas and Grandpas, show up for a morning of fun and frolic. And hopefully, leave more than a few donations. They tour the school, oooh and ahhh over all the future Einsteins and Seinfelds, and are treated to a musical [...]
Turns out, I’m a little Chinese
Amy Chua is making news lately thanks to her controversial new book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Chua is accused of promoting the idea that Chinese moms and their techniques are superior to Western parenting styles. But the truth is, like pesky Christians who believe Harry Potter encourages devil worship, those getting upset and [...]
Silly kid, rabbits are for tricks
I am rarely speechless. Oh sure, there was that time when doctors told me I was carrying twins and I had nothing to say for at least ten minutes. Remember when a great deal of people re-elected George Bush? I was stumped for hours. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen often. Where my children are concerned, I [...]
“I should be on my second glass of wine by now.” Reflections of a rookie stage mom
Youngest was cast in a local musical, Camelot, and thus began our family’s journey into the world of community theatre. Much to his credit, my ten year-old actually enjoyed four weeks of rehearsals, seven performances, and two rather uncomfortable fittings, all while wearing jazz shoes and tights. He was one of only two kids in [...]
Including kids in an anniversary celebration, and other dipshit decisions
Husband and I celebrated a wedding anniversary last week and headed back to Rusty Pelican, the charming restaurant where we were married fifteen years ago. We took our boys with us back in 2005 and showed off two little men who, at five years of age, looked adorable in suits and ties. This year, for [...]
Remember when our kids were cute and adorable and almost bit each other’s faces off?
Cause the good old days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems All it takes is a stubbornly independent preteen and easily accessible photo albums or home movies for moms and dads to slip into the warm tub of nostalgia. Parents often find themselves thinking back and reminiscing about when their kids were [...]
Tween this
When I first heard the term, I thought, “What the hell is a tween?” Then someone explained that tweens are kids who find themselves in that crazy stage between sippy cups and wine coolers, cartoons on Saturday mornings and unprotected sex on Saturday nights. Back in the dark ages of the early 1980s, when I [...]
Like I said, my every attempt to enjoy the great outdoors leads to a near-death experience
Kevin first hired me back in 1996 when I arrived in Boston with a whole lot of hair, looking to begin a career. He made an interesting first impression as well. Kevin was blonde, short, refused to smile, and shook my hand harder than a constipated law school graduate. He meant well; I could tell [...]
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