Since we’re on the topic of going back to school, I thought I’d post about something that’s been on my mind lately. My son is seven and in first grade. His birthday is in early summer–we’re actually opposite you season-wise, so let’s say he turned seven on June 14th and goes into first grade on […] Continue reading →

I’m just curious as to how those of you with older kids handle allowances. How old were your kids when they started getting an allowance? How much is/was their allowance? What chores do they have to do for their allowance (assuming the allowance is tied to chores), and is the allowance withheld if chores are […] Continue reading →

and it isn’t pretty. She states: “Okay, I’m judgmental…. But I’m a philosopher, and it’s a philosopher’s job to tell people how they should lead their lives.” After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I read on to discover that the whole problem was that the “mommy bloggers” (who all lead small, boring […] Continue reading →

Does anyone else remember Margret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale? It wasn’t one of her best by any stretch of the imagination, but it was chilling in its futuristic portrayal of where attempts to control a woman’s body could lead a (our) society. Well, I just read this on Atrios (who, in turn, lifted it […] Continue reading →

OK–Gray Goose has shamed me into introducing myself (unintentionally, of course). Like her, I hate doing intros, but here goes. I’m 41, happily married, and the mother of two lovely boys–Ben (7) and Sean (4.5). We live in Chile, in a small town about an hour north of Santiago. My husband and I are both […] Continue reading →