My 6-year-old daughter has been loving the Step-by-Step Drawing book by Usborne. Super simple drawings that are cute, and plenty of room on the pages to draw right in the book. If I’m busy, she often just pulls it out and finds a page she hasn’t tried yet to practice. Read more
My kid has been getting the Universal Yums box for a few years now, and it continues to be a big hit. Its just bodega snacks, but you usually get at least one weird chip, an odd candy, something made with a traditional ingredient of the region,along with a handful of other things. I also thought it was thoughtful… Read more
Had a meeting with one of my daughter’s teachers this very afternoon. We asked “what can we do to support our daughter’s success in your class.” The teacher’s answer was “I don’t understand the question.” We are active, we both come from teacher families, we support teachers, but damn it is frustrating to run into a… Read more
Several carpet and furniture stains later, we have a VERY strict “no slime in the house” rule. Read more
Holy shit. I realized in real time while reading this how ingrained the social stigma is, because I got annoyed when I first read it. I went immediately and unconsciously into that useless territory of “man up” or some such bullshit, and I had to stop, pause, and walk myself back. So, clearly we need more work… Read more
Oh. My. God. Yes. When my first kid was born, I felt awful. I was angry, sad, scared, depressed, anxious... the whole gamut. Worse, my wife was upset with me that I wasn’t being supportive or helpful. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, it’s that I COULDN’T. It wasn’t until a (female) friend of my wife who’d already had… Read more