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A row of tap shoes has made me hopeful about public education--specifically, a row of tap shoes outside a hallway, waiting for young dan...

A picture of three Babylit books popped up into my Facebook News feed this morning. "Start your little one off with the classics! Ba...

I spent much of the weekend grieving about the Sandy Hook ES shootings. Then a skit on Saturday Night Live , an adult parody of "You...

One of the joys of being a parent has been witnessing how my children respond to music. When he was in-utero, I-guy would kick so much whe...

Recently E-girl wanted to cash in her Barnes and Noble gift cards and buy a copy of The Hobbit since none of the local libraries have a ...

I admit that I've been pretty disdainful of eBooks in most past posts on this blog. But last weekend, I felt a glimmer of desire for on...

Most of my time and intention last week went into organizing a spa party for E-girl. Like a production assistant, I went around to various ...

I actually got excited when I first read about the new ABC show, "Once Upon a Time." Critics lauded it as a return to the family ...

My daughter wanted a mostly camp-free summer and I have granted her that wish—one week of art camp (which she requested) will be her only ca...

A couple of years ago I read an article about Karen Zacarías , a local playwright and mother of three, who confessed that she was only able ...

Assuming most young girls go through a Nancy Drew phase, I bought my tween the first two books in the series encased in a cute leather pocke...

E-girl wanted to learn to sew this morning . We sewed a skirt for her and a doll out of scrap fabric, then an elegant skirt for her out of a...

I loved A Wrinkle in Time when I read it in elementary school—I still list it among my favorite books of all time. To read about an awkward...

Last week, while casting her votes online for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, my daughter chose "Papparazzi" by Lady Gaga...