Charting the puzzles and peeves of kid-herding — from Huggies to homework, Pilates to pinatas...

February 2010

• Fall From Cool
  Starshine is suddenly humiliating to her children. And doesn't much care.
• Trickle-Down Trepidation
  How I officially freaked out my kids. Sigh. Again.
• View from the Control Tower
  Control freak? Yeah, maybe. But isn't that my job?

January 2010

• The Getting from Giving
  Slop-slinging can be glee-inducing.

December 2009

• Parents' wise words seldom build vocabularies
  'Don't let the dog lick your privates' and other things no one should have to say.
• Scarred by Santa?
  Will decades of December deceit land our kids in therapy?

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