It’s a holiday and not much is going on. Say as you please, ladies. Continue reading →

Parenting’s website had an interesting poll question: “Is it okay for fertility doctors to help a woman have a baby no matter how old she is?” By Sunday afternoon, the poll garnered 8,036 responses with 61 percent saying “no” and the rest replying “yes.” Of course, it was a quick poll that didn’t define “old.” […] Continue reading →

Now that I am past breastfeeding and carrying a baby, now that my son is his own little man and I no longer have to worry about making him wheeze, I am ready to wear perfume again. A distant reminder of my past before motherhood, I’ve been visiting perfume counters and sniffing the samples in […] Continue reading →

Reading or receiving any news is in sharp decline among people under the age of 30, according to an article in Salon. And it shows: Disturbingly, today’s 18-to-29-year-old segment knows less about what’s happening in the world than their counterparts did in the 1950s and 1960s — that, despite the proliferation of information on television, […] Continue reading →

This has been an on-going debate between my husband and I. An avid gamer himself, he plans to insist that our son join him for “matches.” (Not sure what the proper terminology is for “squaring off” in a video game dual.) But seeing that today’s shoot-me-up games and graphic violence, especially towards women, are a […] Continue reading →

Rant and rave on anything that is on your mind! Continue reading →

Maybe it’s because my toddler got me sick (again), but I am in a despondent, melancholic mood. It was further exacerbated when I realized that Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and, once again, my husband and I will do nothing for it and probably won’t ever until our son becomes a teenager. (We have no parents […] Continue reading →

Apparently I wasn’t alone in questioning the ballyhoo surrounding boys’ underachievement in school. Newsweek received more than 200 letters from parents, educators and young people and published 13 of them. While a few of the letter-writers acknowledged the problem — one even praised the gender-segregated classroom to help out boys — most questioned the fuss, […] Continue reading →

A six-year-old Massachusetts boy was suspended for “sexually harassing” a girl in his classroom, reported AP. The boy’s mother, understandably indignant, said her son “doesn’t know” what sexual harassment is. He reportedly placed two fingers inside of a girl’s waistband while she sat on the floor in front of him. The girl’s parents did not […] Continue reading →

Like many Americans, I don’t advocate for the environment aside from recycling and purchasing organic food. (Note: Americans are increasingly halting recycling even bottles and cans, according to this USA Today report.) I don’t know any parents who don’t want open and clean space for their children to play, which is why I am surprised […] Continue reading →