Parenting Archive

In this post, I’m breaking down how how I explained the Aziz Ansari story to my kids, beginning an important conversation about consent and respect. “Mom, what was that thing you were talking about to Daddy the other day? The thing about the girl ...Read More

“Mom, come look at the house I built!” My son called to me from the sofa in our den where he was curled up with our iPad, immersed in Minecraft. I dutifully went to look over his shoulder, oohing and aahing at the floating ...Read More

This is a repost of an original piece I wrote for BlogHer.com.  There are plenty of unpleasant things we have to do as parents: wipe runny noses, clean bottoms, guide our kids through adolescence … The list is long. What we don’t consider to ...Read More

A few years ago, at my first BlogHer conference, I met fellow blogger Norine Dworkin-McDaniel, who was funny, driven, and on a first name basis with practically every attendee. Norine, along with comrade-in-arms, Jessica Ziegler, had a plan, and that plan was to find the ...Read More