Books and Reading Videos
Beat Poet: Sheep in a Jeep
When you read a book enough times you can move past boredom to appreciation. I am clearly not alone as I found another grown woman…
Children's Book Review
The good thing about having more than one child -- besides producing a human who can affirm for your first born that "Yes, our parents…
The New Yorker
There is a lot in pop culture about how it's really better no to fit in. From "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" to "Revenge of…
Books That Change Your Life
Wow, did momma need some powder in this one or what? Well, apart from my shine, I'm trying to go the extra mile in this…
Stacked Up: School Library
It's a rite of passage of parenthood: volunteering at your kid's school. I signed up for the school library, thinking that I can label and…
Sunday Styles
My husband has learned that there will be a wifely wrath if he dumps the New York Times Sunday Styles section before I have read…
Guilty Pleasure: Super Nanny
Lately Vivien has started to call herself Super Vivien. By extension I am Super Mommy, which I love. Mark is Super Dad. It is empowering…
Reading I Can't Get To
Every mom has that pile of books and magazines that you can never seem to get around to actually reading. I just cracked two pages…
Beautiful Mommy
Remember "The Three Little Bears"? Well, these days Goldilocks would be rejecting noses, not porridge. Check out this new children's book, My Beautiful Mommy, which…
Helicopter Mom
Before I had a kid, I thought most moms were too overprotective about their kids. As an aunt, I threw my nephew Charlie up and…