Over the weekend, we excursioned out to Pound Ridge, N.Y., to meet some old friends in from Cleveland. Among the usual sports of child-gawking and midday beer-drinking, there was this conversation: Our friends are raising a son who is almost 2. Now that potty training is on the horizon, they let it be known that …
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When Siblings Go Very, Very Wrong
Just on the heels of my wish that my children would grow up with equal treatment and therefore become better friends and allies, a wonderful example of what can happen when they are not (from Nerve via DadWagon friend Steven E.): “A girl named Katie found a twelve-pack of beer in her teenage brother’s room …
My babysitter has a crush on… guess who?
Okay, so the crush isn’t on me. It’s on my 18-month-old boy, Nico. I can see what a woman would see in him: he’s thoughtful, sweet, gives great kisses, and needs lots of help. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to start coming home and seeing little works of art like the one …
THE TANTRUM: Our Glowing Contaminant, Part 2
(This is the second post in our new series, “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Read the first one here.) See this freighter here? That’s what I would guess the imaginary container ship—the one I lied to my 3-year-old about—would look like. …
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