Category: Parenting

It’s back-to-school season, and you know what that means around here. Lunches!  And lots of ’em! This year, I wanted to try something new — so I made you a present. 🙂  This flipbook contains photos of 180 real-life lunches

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I mentioned a while ago that I was invited to be a part of a very special, very emotional, indescribably amazing event — the inaugural Providence performance of the national reading series “Listen To Your Mother.”  I told you how

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Sometimes you have to loosen the reins a little bit.  This is a gut-check moment, I think – it’ll be different for everyone, and it’ll be based on your kid’s personality or what you (or they) happen to be up

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There has been a lot of talk about gifts, and “giftedness,” in our house lately. Proving that things are never boring, at least not for long, in this old red New England home, J. and I received some interesting, unnerving,

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Yesterday I was at a rehearsal for Listen to Your Mother: Providence – our last time running through the show before we perform it live on Saturday afternoon before a huge audience of screaming fans (okay, a few hundred likely

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Today I am thinking about two things that are not a secret to anyone. First, I’m thinking about – preparing for, excitedly awaiting, nervously anticipating – the Family Dinner Conference, which will be happening on Thursday in New York City. 

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I’m quietly freaking out.   Except…now that I’m writing about it on a public blog, I guess it’s not so much “quiet” anymore, right?  So now I’m PUBLICLY and NOISILY freaking out. It’s all good stuff that’s making me this way. 

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Oh, hooray, it’s March at last! I’ve spent much time bemoaning the winter weather, and while I know that March doesn’t exactly bring balmy temperatures to New England (and, in fact, we’ve still got a few weeks left where there’s

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One of the things I think many people tend to struggle with, as they try to eat well, cook real food, and maintain a balance between their food values and their social lives, is how to deal with hosting a

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Yesterday and today on the RRG Facebook page, there’s been a lot of discussion about candy Valentines and junk food at school parties, in general.  If you haven’t been privy to all of that, I’ll sum it up by saying

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