Hurts Like a Mother: The alphabet book you read after the kids are asleep.
We can never have enough irreverent books about parenting to keep us laughing, amirite? If you're with me, you have to check out the brand new, very dark and very hilarious Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet, by Jennifer Weiss and Lauren Franklin, out just in...
An edible Passover craft idea. How’s that for easy clean-up?
It's just a few days until Passover, and this awesomely clever craft idea offers one fun way to get the kids excited for the holiday. Besides promising them matzoh sandwiches in their lunch for a week. We love this DIY Passover Matzoh House found at Epicurious. An...
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3 brand new nature-themed activity books will keep kids busy…without screens.
Though it's certainly easy to hand our kids a screen when we want to keep them busy at the doctor's office, on a long road trip, or when work needs to get done (and I am as guilty as anyone), I've found there is one alternative to handhelds that keep my kids focused,...
Melanites: The brilliant new doll line celebrating brown boyhood
I am so happy to discover Melanites, a new line of dolls created in a "celebration of brown boyhood," thanks to the wonderful mind of Boston entrepreneur and minority youth mentor, Jennifer Pierre. While we're always on the lookout for cool dolls for boys, as well as...
Doll carriers that prove babywearing isn’t just for grownups
When both of my big kids became older siblings for the first time, they wanted to take over most of my mothering duties for me. Feeding the baby, changing diapers, and of course, babywearing. I eventually passed an unused baby sling down to my daughter, and she...
Peel-and-stick wallpaper = easiest weekend project ever. Parenting win.
My daughter's ideas for how she wants to decorate her room change daily, sometimes by the hour, so I'm having a hard time keeping up. Does she want turquoise walls, a hand-painted mural, or are we going with that all-white walls and bright furniture look? Well, I've...
New study: Married people have an advantage when it comes to cancer survival
This week, a new study was published in the journal Cancer, indicating that married people have a "marked survival advantage" when it comes to cancer. And this here single mom sat up and took note. (If, admittedly, a little defensively at first.) As reported by...
5 ridiculously cute little girls’ shoes for spring and summer
Though I haven't been able to pack away the winter boots just yet (and really, spring, where are you?), I'm pretty sure the warm weather will be here soon. To help us all get ready for no-socks season, I've rounded up five of the most ridiculously cute spring and...
A can-do magazine for girls who wanna run the world, featuring some impressive women who already do.
My five brilliant nieces are marching their way toward adolescence (well, one of them is technically crawling her way there at this time), and while I do my best to introduce them to the joys of science, Star Wars, sports, and all the possibilities for women in...