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Best Selling Author Jennifer Weiner on Finding Balance
Jennifer Weiner says "I'm a firm believer in 'if you don't ask, you don't get.'" Well, I asked and asked and I got an actual interview with her. I mean, it was by email, but that's actual enough for me. Jennifer Weiner is not only my second interview with a famous person, but is also a bestselling…
Jet-Set With Your Picnic Basket! Fun Theme Ideas for Lunch
The following is a guest post fromLaura Cipullo, RD, CDE and Mom,www.MomDishesItOut.com Have you planned a big, fun, family picnic to celebrate summer? I love the sun and heat. And while yes, we may be braving temperatures in the high 90’s here in New York City, the rising mercury hasn’t driven us indoors just yet.
Mom’s Guide to Online Espionage
The Wall Street Journal (which, refreshingly for a biz publication, frequently captures the wacky dynamics of modern motherhood) ran a piece last Wednesday chronicling all the ways kids try to outsmart their moms and get onto Facebook and other social media sites that parents have forbidden. I read the article in our kitchen via old-school newsprint while my three kids hovered around me immersed in our familys iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.
A Playdate Hangover
Before I had my daughter, I remember cringing every time I heard a parent say the word playdate. Like silent birth and attachment parenting, it sounded a little too new-wave and high maintenance. When I was growing up, silent births happened when a woman screamed so loudly she lost her voice, and attachment parenting was more aptly named you cant say No to your child. Likewise, we never had playdates. When the neighbor kids knocked on the door, Mom didnt offer them handmade cupcakes on coordinating napkins. In fact, they werent even allowed inside.