James told me tonight that Brattleboro, Vermont was hard hit by Tropical Storm Irene. The New York Times reports that downtown Brattleboro has been under several feet of water. Twenty miles south of Brattleboro is Greenfield, Massachusetts, where we used to live. Greenfield was also hit hard by the storm. The AP reports that a wastewater treatment plant had to…
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Going Out to Eat With Kids
I forgot to mention in my post on eating chicken feet that Leone, my 21-month-old, loved them. When my oldest daughter, who’s 12 now and a decided gourmet despite being a rather picky vegetarian these days (“Mom, I’m not drinking that goat milk anymore unless I go to the farm and see for myself that the goats are being treated…
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I Ate Chicken Feet
“I hope it doesn’t rain too hard,” Shu-Huei said, shivering as we boarded a water taxi to Chinatown on Saturday. The thunder boomed. We optimistically sat on a bench in the prow so we could see all the buildings as the boat chugged north on the Chicago river. The baby and I were in Chicago for six days this past…
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Parents Don’t Be Duped: The California Immunization Coalition Spreading Misinformation About Vaccines
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) is spreading misinformation about vaccines. CIC is “a non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to achieving and maintaining full immunization protection to promote health and prevent serious illness across the life span.” This coalition issued a press release on Friday, August 12, 2011 to call on parents to vaccinate their school-aged kids. The press release includes answers…
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Effective Ways to Discipline a Child?
Here are some of my thoughts about discipline, gleaned from the experts, my observations, and my many, many failures…
Why is it so hard to let my kids enjoy life at their own pace?
“Whaddya doing Max?” a father shouted at his son. “We came here to go on the water slides! We’re going on the water slides! C’mon!” The little boy, who was more interested in climbing on the rock wall, reluctantly followed his father. I watched them get in line. From the top of the stairs the view was expansive; the sky…
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