Last night I watched as much of the President’s State of the Union speech as I could stand. My two-year-old son sat in my lap part of the time. His assessment? “Guy talking!” I watched our newest Supreme Court Justice, Sam Alito, looking around nervously. He seemed awed and overwhelmed by the spectacle and his […] Continue reading →

The L.A. Times recently ran this feature, which chronicles the saga of a quintessential Girl in Trouble: Danielle Hayworth is poor, single, has two kids already (one with cerebral palsy), and she’s pregnant with twins. One of the twins will be born with his brain outside his skull. Her boyfriend can’t handle what’s coming and […] Continue reading →

As you can tell from my previous posts, I am obsessed with the topic of family size. A part of me is ambivalent to dive into the pool of unknowns that come with another baby, but also filled with grudging respect for women who take the risk. Most recently, I got sucked into the responses […] Continue reading →

If you read my earlier post, you know exactly how I feel about Bob Wolf, the self-righteous principal of Santiago High School, who outed Charlene Nguon to her parents for showing affection to her girlfriend.   Charlene Nguon decided to sue the Garden Grove School District for violating her privacy.  The following is an update: […] Continue reading →

I rented The Ballad of Jack and Rose the other night, which spurred some introspection about the unintended effects of a parent’s idealism, convictions, or quest for purity. The premise of the flick is this: Dad (Daniel Day-Lewis) lives with teenage daughter in idyllic isolation on an island off the East Coast. He’s the last […] Continue reading →

Stanford has enacted a new policy that allows female graduate students to take 12 weeks of paid maternity. The new moms are also allowed to maintain full-time student status after childbirth, so they needn’t reenroll or re-apply for financial aid. This is all very cool. I love to see businesses and institutions compete for top […] Continue reading →