Well-behaved children dumbfound me, especially when I see them in a nice restaurant. I don’t mean a restaurant where you dab your mouth on white linens and dine by candlelight, but a restaurant that has adult hazards and distractions, like high-top chairs and tall glasses of beer that could topple, break, and spill. When my […]
Category: Mom About the Burgh
Big Bully Me
I hate bullying, which is why I regret my personal history of minor prepubescent harassment. Growing up, I was never a good girly-girl. I much preferred to climb trees than play with dolls. In fact, I played so hard I ripped holes in my jeans and wore out shoes at a rate that alarmed and […]
Big Bully Me
I hate bullying, which is why I regret my personal history of minor prepubescent harassment. Growing up, I was never a good girly-girl. I much preferred to climb trees than play with dolls. In fact, I played so hard I ripped holes in my jeans and wore out shoes at a rate that alarmed and […]
Kindergarten Politics
Yesterday, I read that the governor of South Carolina said that one prominent Presidential candidate is “everything we teach our kids not to do in kindergarten.” Her comment amused and pained me because, in truth, I’ve been thinking the same thing about most politicians for a while. Optimist that I am, I believe that tolerance, […]
Jumbo Histrionics
It was a hockey night in Pittsburgh, and I was looking forward to my two favorite Penguins vs. Red Wings game traditions. First, I enjoyed listening to my husband get lightly heckled for wearing a Red Wings jersey. Oh, come one. He deserves it. And if you’re going to be heckled at a Pittsburgh sporting […]
Kitchen Deficiency
I thought I was a good cook. I spent years cooking for my growing sons and all that time, I felt confident that I could make spaghetti and meatballs with the best of moms. However, now that my boys are grown, I can, in hindsight, admit that my kitchen skills are deficient. My recent attempt […]
Kitchen Deficiency
I thought I was a good cook. I spent years cooking for my growing sons and all that time, I felt confident that I could make spaghetti and meatballs with the best of moms. However, now that my boys are grown, I can, in hindsight, admit that my kitchen skills are deficient. My recent attempt […]
Super Bawlers
Football is Family. That’s the mantra that the NFL paid multi millions of dollars to imprint in our brain during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. Claiming that the winning Super Bowl cities experience an uptick in births exactly nine months after the big game, the NFL put together a cast of purported “Super Bowl […]
Rattled is Real
I saw a commercial on TV for a new TLC reality show called Rattled, which chronicles every minute of parenthood for four sets of first-time, inexperienced and terrified parents. At least it appears that most of the couples are terrified, except one mom in the commercial who expresses her opinion that the new baby will […]
How Do Babies Get Born?
This is a question that every parent knows they must be prepared to answer. Fortunately, parents are so much better at talking to their kids about sex these days. No more afterschool specials and unintentionally hilarious chalk drawings in Health Class. The discussion of sex is much more open and honest and countless resources are […]