College Admissions – The Process for Parents

Our college-bound journey has been cleared for takeoff.  I am not going anywhere, though I wish this trip really included travel to a far, exotic place. Alas, this voyage is one we’ve been planning for a while and includes more emotional baggage than I care to pack so soon. We started working on this itinerary [...]

Take Away Their (M)TV and Discipline Like Tiger Mom

I had never heard of Amy Chua until the “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” media firestorm erupted – and I’m sorry I hadn’t.  Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien for the WSJ I mean, what kind of parent doesn’t allow her child to have playdates, sleepovers or not go to the bathroom until the piano [...]

First Grade Homework: Mommy on a Dance Pole?

It's been a while since I've posted a “Smile of the Week,” but a loyal reader sent me this one…enjoy!
A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for her homework assignment.

More Lindsay-aine Lohan Drama

I gather you've had enough of this, too.  I can tell because it's been rather quiet lately.  Hardly any Twitter or Facebook updates from my usual celeb reporting outlets. No one, it seems, has dared to prominently mention her name. Why? Probably because our mouths are still agape after finding out what many thought was [...]

Comic-Con 2010 Highlights and More

It was an exhausting 5 days of Comi-Con madness, but I enjoyed every minute I had to run through crowds of Steam Punk-costumed people;  halls filled with wall to wall Avatars, “Alice in Wonderland” characters and Tony Starks; or jog upstairs against a current of Spartans,  or Storm Troopers. Okay, a special Strom Trooper, my friend Kent from [...]