Although it sounds funny, coming from me, a breast cancer detection and survival advocate, I really get tired of the whole cancer thing some days. I was starting to get overwhelmed with it last month, actually, and freaking out a bit once my treatment was finished but I still had to wait several months [...]
Archive for June, 2008
29 Jun
Raggs
We’re digging a fun new show on PBS. It’s called Raggs, and it’s a happy little preschool adventure featuring five dogs who play together and play instruments in a band. We don’t watch much TV, preferring to muck around outside in the mud, splash in the baby pool, climb into the treehouse and [...]
28 Jun
Parenting, Inc.
Parenting, Inc. is a new book by Pamela Paul, a popular writer for Time magazine and other mainstream publications, as well as several books. It was brought to my attention by a friend affiliated with Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and I’m glad of it.
The book wasn’t so much a revelation for me, as I’m [...]
27 Jun
Last Child in the Woods
I had a lovely conversation with some good friends over a picnic in the park recently.
(That alone, my friends, is a sign of how much better I feel these days!)
We talked a lot about our philosophies of parenting, our challenging children, and how we often feel that we fall short of our ideals.
One of the [...]
25 Jun
LeapFrog does it again!
LeapFrog, the company that has consistently introduced innovative products for the preschool and toddler set, has done it again. They’ve come up with a product that I didn’t even know I wanted, and made it so easy to use that a three-year-old can do setup and start playing with it right out of the [...]
