Do Life Right

I’ve met a lot of people lately who are feeling stifled and uncreative. They’ve been working hard at parenting, other caregiving (of parents, friends, or other relatives), or in their careers. I hear women, in particular, say there is no time for themselves. No time for pleasure or creativity. No time […]

Our Girl Scout troop just had a lovely “Goop and Goo Day 2008″. Here are some of the recipes we used (you may recognize some of the recipes, but we had to make our own fun names). Of course, making your own goops and goos are super fun, too. Enjoy!
Smelly Gooey Goodness
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Another thing my children have taught me is that while we are not a literal society, sometimes it’s fun to pretend we are.
My daughters and I went shopping the other day and I really wanted to go into a store I knew they wouldn’t particularly want to go to. I asked them, “Would you […]

A few years ago, I was feeling guilty that my family doesn’t celebrate a lot of holidays in traditional American ways. Some, we don’t celebrate at all. What was I doing to my kids???
Then, it occurred to me. We do have traditions. They just aren’t the same as everyone else’s. […]

I’ve been hearing the above comment a lot lately (and almost exclusively from “enlightened adult men”). The little girl part is always emphasized and is always directed toward males in a derogatory tone. Another one I keep hearing is, “Screaming like a little girl.” As in, riding on that roller coaster made him […]

Are you using fabric shopping bags yet? Consider the implications of plastic and paper, before you allow your purchases to be put into either again.
What you can do:

Be aware of the plastic bag problem.
Encourage the shops you frequent to have bag incentive programs; talk with the owner and/or manager - BE NICE. Write […]

My immediate family and I are not sports fans. Never have been and probably never will be. While we can appreciate other people enjoying sports, we don’t. [We’ve encouraged the kids to be sports fans, so they wouldn’t be influenced by us, but they wouldn’t have any of it. They know […]

Eeks! The South Beach Diet and the Atkins Diet are still popular! I can hardly believe it, but every time I am out in a public location where food is being served, I still hear about the dangers of carbohydrates (menus even cater to this fear). Scarily, I’ve even heard people lately say […]

My older daughter has been pushing me to finish this post, as many parts of it have been creeping into my other blog entries. So, I must give her the credit she deserves for pushing this post through.
A little personal history: Birthing and gestating this daughter of mine, my first born, […]

While I highly recommend parents-to-be and parent of infants read this entire list, I’ve divided this list into five sections (General Parenting Resources, Parents-To-Be and Parents of Babies, Parents of Small Children, Parents of School Age Children, and Parents of Older/Teenage Children). I have decided to put all five lists together in hopes […]