Not Home for the Holidays

I told myself I would stay away from making another contribution to the “JP is off with his mother for vacation” genre. I’ve covered it fairly extensively over time, both here and here. Such is the nature of divorce, it isn’t going to change, and besides, I’ll have my time with JP soon enough and …

Books for Christmas: What the Heck Is That?

First, please watch the video: Now, please tell me how to respond to it. I say this because, as a blogger tasked with providing superficially insightful commentary on the e-mailed-around links o’ the day, I’ve been trying to figure out what to write about this child. Other bloggers have said things like “This is why …

Vacation in Bizarro World: How to Feed a Stubborn Child

Hello, readers! Do you like blog posts by parents about the ease/difficulty with which they feed their children? You do? Oh, boy! Then I’ve got one for you: The thing with Sasha is, she’s unpredictable. Predictably so. There are things she likes to eat (noodles, rice, cereal, oranges, ice cream, lollipops) and things she doesn’t …