Daughters, Tea Parties and Science

Instead of worrying about whether my daughter does stereotypical girly stuff, I’m better off making sure she is a well-rounded, confident person. Maybe she needs to learn that you can wear a dress AND be smart. You can make a cupcake AND change a flat tire.

Are the British Serious?

When unsuspecting children sneak into the witch’s shack and yank the lid off a steaming cauldron, this is the kind of thing we Americans picture boiling in the water, surrounded by lizards and eyeballs.

Seven Ways I Have Changed Since Parenthood

Toddlers are very mobile yet too young to clean after themselves, so they run around exploding your house all day long, day after day. Picking up after them is like using a sieve to empty a lake–the mess just keeps filling in as you scoop it out.

Seeing a Horse for the First Time

She doesn’t know anything about most of the animals on our planet yet, and suddenly these gargantuan beasts with well-oiled muscles and shiny long tails are thundering across her landscape. They may as well have been a pack of dragons.

Baby Havoc Report

Sometimes “curious” is a euphemism for “super nasty.”

Bronte Starts To Use Monsters as an Excuse

She grabs her little pink flashlight and shines it under the bed, in the closet, and in every nook and cranny of her room, confirming “No monsters!”