Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

The Safety Dance

Caution: Internet Ahead

I continue to push back against over controlling my children’s presence online. I want them to learn rights, wrongs and potential dangers online. If I constrict their web so intensely, I worry that they’ll explode with obsession when they learn that their version of the web has been so small, so protected, so unrealistic. At the same time, I am learning, day by day, that there are pitfalls to this philosophy and as my children age, the needle will have to move on just how wide I let them explore.

Is Boyscouts Morally Wrong for Us?

Stopping to Think it Through

My kids have two moms. As you can imagine, this does not bode well for anything super right-wing. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when I found out that my kid would not be welcome as a Boy Scout.
I knew that there would be places and people along the way that could pose [...]

Wiggle Wiggle

Andale! Pull that Tooth Out!, originally uploaded by Thing Family.

He’s whispering, “here toothy, tooth.. here toothy tooth,” while she calls out in Spanish, “Andale! An-da-le!”
Nothing like your brother pulling out your front tooth.

Box Readers

Sitting on the floor of Safeway might seems a bit, um, odd? But that’s exactly what we did yesterday when hitting the inevitable sugar-cereals-versus-healthy cereals weekly debate. I’d just had it altogether with the constant arguing over food. I sat down on the ground and had the kids bring me a box of Cheerios. I [...]

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