Where’s Mommy? No, Seriously, Where Is She?

It’s no surprise that little kids (and even bigger kids) tend to prefer one parent to the other. Maybe they hang on Mom or run to Dad, but given a choice, they inevitably pick one. Which is why, every morning when I get Sasha up from her crib, Jean hides. Not because she’s shirking her …

The Subway Encounter: A Drama in One Act

The place: A Brooklyn-bound F train at the West 4th Street station. The time: 5 p.m. on a typical Thursday. The players: A young couple, possibly from Spain, the woman carrying an adorable 2-year-old girl in a sling. With them, the woman’s mother, or probably mother-in-law. They get on the train and cluster around one …

Think French Kids Dress Well? Then You Haven’t Seen the Japanese.

This just doesn’t feel fair, but I’ll post it anyway. Hot on the heels of Jean sending me that behind-the-scenes video from French kids’ fashion mag Milk, she left a copy of Maria magazine lying around at home. It’s from Japan, and well, just have a look at what it contains: Now, look. Those kids …

How Cool Are French Dads? (Cooler Than You, Anyway.)

Add this to the ever-expanding file of Things I Can’t Possibly Keep Up With: Last night my wife, who’s increasingly fascinated with ultra-hip kids’ clothing, forwarded me a link to this behind-the-scenes video of a “Daddy Cool” fashion shoot at Milk, “le magazine de mode enfantaine”: Shooting Milk – Série Daddy cool Uploaded by milk_magazine. …