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Today, we signed up with the Million Baby Crawl, sponsored by Seventh Generation. We attended an event near our home, where we met Trista and Ryan from The Bachelorette fame. There were the usual events-with-small-children trappings, including face painting, balloon artistry, children’s songstresses, and because we live dangerously close […]

Today, I denounce

I denounce a parenting theory held in great esteem today:

Giving small children choices.

When I was a new mom, I read many parenting magazines and books for advice. One of the fashionable bits at the time was to instill a sense of power and control in toddlers and preschoolers. The theory—Kids between […]

Veuillez ne pas prendre ma photo

I posted a picture of Berthe with her sister, Vera, a few weeks ago. Here’s another photo of Berthe on a city street, striding with cool 1930s purpose. She looks slightly miffed and may be thinking unkind things in French.

I have a theory about these photos.

I think my great-grandfather took […]