Geeky Girl:  I need someone to help me. Mr. Geeky: With what? GG: Well, there’s something in the hallway.  I think it might be throwup. All: Ewwww! MG: Well, clean it up. GG: I can’t. MG: Yes, you can.  Just get a rag or something and scoop it up. All: Ewwww! GG: I don’t think [...]

I’m not alone, apparently, in feeling the pressure to put my kids through the paces to get them into a good school.  This article explains that much of the increase in childcare over the last 20 years despite a decrease in the amount of time most women can dedicate to childcare is about college admissions. [...]

I’m single parenting this week on the heels of a very busy weekend.  And for whatever reason, it’s really wearing me out.  I just feel like I have no energy at all.  I’m getting plenty of sleep, but it doesn’t seem to matter.  I tried to do some reading yesterday and nearly fell asleep after [...]

We run with a crowd of people who have high expectations for their kids.  They don’t just want them to go to college.  They want them to go to one of the best colleges in the country.  As our friends’ kids get further along in high school, conversation naturally turns to college ambitions.  Recently, we’ve [...]

Jan asks about the New York Times article reporting on teen/tween media use.  I’ve had that article open all day and just got around to reading it (after listening to Bolero, which is another post). The older my son gets and the more I spend time away from technology as part of my job, the [...]

I was going to post this earlier, but wanted to get the WoW post up first. I caught most of this Tell Me More segment yesterday in the car.  They reference this article about volunteering in a rich school.  Something I’ve blogged about before.  I don’t feel pressured to volunteer necessarily, but I do think [...]

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On the way home from school yesterday, I was talking away about my own day, when Geeky Girl stopped me and said, “Mom, I need to talk to you.”  These are words you both want and don’t want to hear from your kids. On the one hand, I definitely want my kids to come to [...]

Saturday, Geeky Girl and I went to the big mall for a girls day out. She was in need of warmer clothes. (Dang the growth spurt!) As we have done in the past, we turned the day into an opportunity to hang out together. Since it’s the Christmas season, we decided not to head straight [...]

Jody at Raising WEG writes about the relentlessness of having to be the arbiter, the house manager, the soother of emotions, etc. I remember a couple of years ago, when I got so depressed, I actually had to seek professional care, how I could not even begin to deal with the every day needs of [...]