http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/ en-us Copyright 2007 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:59:12 -0500 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:02:08 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Readers, Boston.com and The Boston Globe are in the process of revamping the Child Caring blog. We plan to relaunch it shortly featuring new parenting experts. We wish Barbara the best and encourage you to stay tuned for the new... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/stay_tuned.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/stay_tuned.html Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:59:12 -0500 Well, I have to draw the line somewhere, so this is it. Thanks to all of you for your emails and wonderful comments about the blog, the column, and the chat. (You all know the blog is ending, but... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/over_and_out.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/over_and_out.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:17:00 -0500 You know that I have one son, right? He's my only. For years, I never wrote about parenting an only child. The issues it raised were just too raw for me. Once I got over that, I wrote several columns... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/raising_only_on.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/raising_only_on.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:29:14 -0500 Every kid dawdles at some time or other. This is one of my favorite columns, from 1999, just because. Dealing with dawdling As parents, we all know that our patience will be tried. So you may not be surprised to... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/you_dont_happen.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/you_dont_happen.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:25:29 -0500 A few hours ago, I posted a Golden Oldie about mothers and sons, so a dad emailed asking if I'd written about fathers and daughters. Bien sur! Here it is, from June, 2000. Meanwhile, here's a link to a terrific... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/a_few_hours_ago.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/a_few_hours_ago.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:58:03 -0500 Here's a book that deserves to be in every school library: "A school like mine, A unique celebration of schools around the world," by UNICEF and DK books.... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/heres_a_book_th.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/heres_a_book_th.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:22:36 -0500 As the mother of one child who is male, you had to figure that one of the columns on my Golden Oldie List had to be about mothers and sons, right? Here it is. Written in 1997 when my son... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/mothers_sons_ho.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/mothers_sons_ho.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:34:23 -0500 I loved recycling long before it was fashionable to shop in consignment shops. Maybe it's because I was brought up to dislike waste. You know, "One person's trash is another person's treasure," and all that kind of stuff. Maybe... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/i_loved_recycli.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/i_loved_recycli.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:39:26 -0500 Not many press releases are clever enough to elicit a chuckle. This one, by Ciri Haugh of M/C/C in Dallas is worth sharing: Top 5 Things You Don't Want to Hear When Your Kid is Surfing the Internet: Number... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/not_many_press.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/not_many_press.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:52:29 -0500 Some days, being a parent is, well, plainly painful. I'm including this column, "How secrecy shuts out vital support," on my golden oldie list because it generated a lot of response at the time from parents who had struggled with... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/who_can_you_tur.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/who_can_you_tur.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:54:41 -0500 If you are the parent of a child 6 to 22 who has a visual or hearing impairment, there's bound to be a workshop of interest for you this Saturday, Oct. 20, at the annual Discover Conference at Perkins School... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/for_parents_of_1.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/for_parents_of_1.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:30:03 -0500 Children play favorites, that's a fact. But probably not for the reasons you think.... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/does_your_3year.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/does_your_3year.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:49:08 -0500 Should a 7- or 8-year-old attend a grandparent's funeral? What about a 5-year-old, or a 3- or 4-year-old? Is age even the issue? It's the lucky families among us who never have to deal with this issue. But just in... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/should_you_take.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/should_you_take.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:17:47 -0500 When your preschooler comes to you for the upteenth time with a drawing he's made and he's, oh so proudly showing it off, what, exactly, are you supposed to say? "Oh honey, this is sooo beautiful!!" Isn't t here... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/when_your_presc.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/when_your_presc.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:57:25 -0500 Illustration, Zohar Lazar, Bostonia Magazine By now, the phrase "helicopter parent" is pretty widely understood as any parent who is hovering, hovering, ever ready -- and able; the able piece is important -- to swoop in out of the... http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/by_now_the_phra.html http://www.boston.com/yourlife/family/blog/2007/10/by_now_the_phra.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:46:38 -0500