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Dear Dad Alone With His Kids

Dear Dad Alone With His Kids

05.16.2013
I know you resent the suggestions from others that you are not as capable of parenting as their mother simply because you are a man, or...
Life Lessons Learned From My Toddler

Life Lessons Learned From My Toddler

05.16.2013
Toddlerhood is a challenging stage. My daughter has the newfound ability to express her wants, needs and excessively irrational, endless,...
What I Gained When We Lost The Class Pet

What I Gained When We Lost The Class Pet

05.15.2013
By Susan Vaughan Moshofsky for Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers “Can I bring home Ernest, Mommy?” four-year-old Reed...
The Things I Love About Bedtime

The Things I Love About Bedtime

05.14.2013
Before I put him to bed, he drapes himself around me like a spider monkey and pulls his little hands through my hair. He kisses me and...
I Didn't Understand Mommy Guilt Until Now

I Didn't Understand Mommy Guilt Until Now

05.13.2013
Now that my daughter is a toddler, and now that my job has become more demanding, let the guilt begin.

It's Time for Action: What Are We Waiting For? "The Greatest Cause That Can Be Served Is Childhood Education."

05.13.2013
It is a known fact that over 90 percent of the brain is constructed and the road map for future social, emotional and physical development...
Dear Less-Than Perfect Dad

Dear Less-Than Perfect Dad

05.13.2013
I know you didn't expect most of this. I know you never realized how this incredible amount of love and stress and self-doubt could all...
LOOK: What's Better Than This?

LOOK: What's Better Than This?

05.13.2013
Toddlers. Always on the go, throwing tantrums and making funny faces. No wonder it is usually impossible to snap the perfect picture of...
How Not to Fly With a Toddler

How Not to Fly With a Toddler

05.13.2013
For those who haven't had the pleasure of doing it, taking an energetic 2-year-old on an airplane feels kind of like transporting a sack...
A Letter To My Son Regarding Mother's Day

A Letter To My Son Regarding Mother's Day

05.12.2013
We're going to brunch and we're gonna have a good time, and you're going to lay off the screaming and the tantrums and the defiance and...
What I Know About Motherhood Now That I Have 3 Under 3

What I Know About Motherhood Now That I Have 3 Under 3

05.10.2013
There's something remarkable about having three kids under three years old. It doesn't last long, by its very nature, even with triplets,...
When a Ball Isn't Just a Ball

When a Ball Isn't Just a Ball

05.10.2013
When I looked up from my phone, Eddie said, "Ball?" I looked around the park and it was nowhere to be found. I had been derelict in my...
For My Mom on Mother's Day: A Thank You, I'm Sorry and a Pulitzer

For My Mom on Mother's Day: A Thank You, I'm Sorry and a Pulitzer

05.10.2013
Every year I am a mother. I am amazed at how much wisdom my own mother has, and how little I actually know. I am overwhelmed by the sacrifices...

Early Learning on Speaker Pérez's Budget To-Do List

05.10.2013
With California's economy rebounding and the state budget stabilizing, we now face a critical choice about how to invest in our future....