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Get a handle on a growing collection of kids’ artwork
This week you’re shooting photos of your little preschooler or kindergartner on the front steps, backpack slung over her shoulder on the first day of school.
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Proud parents can be as captivating as their child
So far my favorite Olympic moment isn’t Ryan Lochte’s 400-meter individual medley or Dana Vollmer’s world-record butterfly or Missy Franklin’s impressive backstroke.
Kids’ absence proves we’re not ready for an empty nest
So my children are away with my parents for a couple of weeks, and I almost hesitate to tell people because they expect me to twirl around in circles with outstretched arms, smiling toward the heavens like Maria von Trapp in the Austrian Alps.
Summer games have already begun at neighborhood pools
We’re a little swim-crazy at our house these days.
It’s not so easy to enjoy summer anymore
I’m not sure when it started, but local school districts and businesses are conspiring to kill summer vacation.
Suzanne Perez Tobias: Bringing family together with food and a song
Growing up, I rarely cooked.
Much lost in translation when parents text
I sent my daughter a photo message recently – a version of the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster that said, “Keep Calm and Sing Me Soft Kitty,” a nod to one of our favorite TV shows.
Saying good-bye to good night? Not yet
Not long ago, my teenage daughter had a friend sleeping over.
Making the bed every day helps straighten life’s wrinkles
I believe in making the bed.
YOLO moments make life worth living
One of my daughter’s new favorite phrases to type, say or shout is “YOLO.”
Maybe adults should have yearbooks too
Maybe it’s because my writing life began when I wrote copy for my high school yearbook — actually, we called them “annuals” in North Carolina — but I think the adult world would be a much kinder, friendlier place if we still signed one another’s yearbooks.
Soundtrack of our lives grows longer, louder
We were driving down the road when the old Eurythmics song “Sweet Dreams” came on the radio.
Don’t be afraid of restraint when shaping plants, teenagers
A few rose bushes in front of our house have grown tall and gangly, thorny and unkempt.
Time flies and other cliches of growing older, naturally or not
You’ve heard the cliches:
Others can help save, preserve storm victims’ memories
When tornadoes threaten, as they did last weekend, I carry the same few things to our basement storm shelter:
Birthday parties need not be indulgent
In a world where children can register for gifts at Toys R Us and where lavish, over-the-top birthday parties have inspired reality television shows, it’s nice to hear about kids like Nora Lo Nigro.
Magic jerseys, lotteries: It never hurts to dream
Hate all you want on 8-year-old Palmer Kiefer and his parents.
What do kids learn when parents cross the line?
Those overzealous parents in Colorado Springs probably thought they meant well last year when they busted through a pink-ribbon rope at their town’s annual Easter egg hunt.
Love? Ladies? Ask him again when he’s 30
Every so often, when my husband gets a hankering to terrorize our 11-year-old son, he’ll ask Jack whether he has a girlfriend.
Don’t lose sleep over parenting decisions
Parenthood is a secretive affair.
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