I have three teenagers. They are obnoxiously eager to grow up. The kind of kids who take their driving test the first morning they legally can. I’ve taught two of them to drive. It is, hands down, the hardest thing I’ve done as a parent. I’d rather talk to them about genital warts than get into the passenger seat with one of them at the wheel. But I did it. So it is … [Read more...] about Teaching Teens to Drive – Tips to Help Keep Them Safe
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I Know What Causes Autism article
I discovered a great article on the Huffington Post last week. It's written by an AutMom named Carrie Cariello. It's called "I Know What Causes Autism." This article is one of the best (and honest) articles about autism I've ever read. "Last week I was surfing the Internet and came across a headline proclaiming autism and circumcision are linked. I couldn't help myself. I … [Read more...] about I Know What Causes Autism article
Down Gender Lines, Despite My Best Efforts
When my kids were born, I had this great fantasy that I would raise them in a gender-neutral household, in which girls could play with Legos and boys could play with dolls, and that we would be the ultimate, nurture over nature family. I’ll never forget the day when my son was playing with a Barbie that someone had given my daughter…and he looked up and spotted the … [Read more...] about Down Gender Lines, Despite My Best Efforts
How Can Smart Men Be Such Crash Test Dummies?
Big news for 2012: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has decided, after three decades, to include FEMALE models in the simulated crash tests that gauge automobile safety. This is a wonderful development. Simply fantastic. But somehow, I think the engineers at the Department of Transportation might have figured out awhile ago that women drive cars too … [Read more...] about How Can Smart Men Be Such Crash Test Dummies?
Do You Feel Mommy Guilt?
After months of people telling me not to feel guilty, and my deeply rooted inability to take that advice, I have a new mantra, and it’s all thanks to Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko. Guilt - for lack of a better word - is good. Guilt is right. Guilt works. Conventional wisdom and pop psychology better duck, because Gordon and I are about to fly into your upbeat, … [Read more...] about Do You Feel Mommy Guilt?