“No” is a Complete Sentence

That’s something my dear old husband Dave said to me the other day when I got roped into something. So I have to admit I don’t say no a lot to begin with. But it also got me thinking about why we don’t like to say it to our children. There’s...

Vegans vs. Carnivores

You gotta love Facebook (or maybe not, since it’s just one more giant vampire squid sucking the face of humanity). But if you decide to be a part of it, at least it’s amusing. In my news feed the other day I had an article from my yoga instructor,...

Expert Dad Advice

A few weekends ago we were at a soccer fundraising drive at a friend’s house. There were about ten adults stuffing envelopes while the kids played outside. There were also twelve kids, ages 8-12. Lemme run that by you one more time: twelve kids, unsupervised,...