| No Images? Click here  My oldest son turned 5 last week. It was a stunning milestone for me, one that surprisingly snuck up on me despite the party planning and gift wrapping. “I have a five-year-old,” I found myself thinking in disbelief.When my son turned one, I wrote a list of wishes for him, which he now has framed in his room (his younger brother has one for him, too). A lot of them are spot-on: I do hope he loves musicals, enunciates and tries new things, and I do hope his moral compass always points due north and that he’s warm and compassionate to everyone. But there quite a few things I now (and always have) wish for him that aren’t on this list. So since I have the space, here are some additions, with all your kids in mind as well.Consider it a birthday meditation:** I hope you stand up to bullies; I hope you learn to read the room and understand that people are nuanced; I hope your default setting is empathetic; I hope you’re a doer; I hope you learn new things with passion and embrace differences; I hope you believe women; I hope you crave alone time; I hope you split housework evenly with your partner; I hope you care **Parents are funny  As Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls once said, “You have to laugh at yourself, because you’d cry your eyes out if you didn’t.” That goes for parenting too, which is why I always love reading their tweets of the week. It honestly makes me feel a little less alone.You'll love this  As I’ve mentioned before, my older son’s really into rainbows — and rainbow colors. As such, he was gifted a variety of colorful items for his birthday, including this seemingly random present, called Big Ball of Whacks. It’s basically one big magnetic ball you can break apart and put back together; he’s obsessed.
For when your kid is keeping you awake Every parent knows that spending alone time at Target is a true blessing. Moms, in particular, are seemingly obsessed with the big box store, and for, I might add, good reason. Caroline Bologna interviewed therapists, parents and marketing experts to find out the psychology of exactly why we’re all so damn obsessed. In short, as one mom and blogger told us: “Target is close by and a more socially acceptable place for parents to sneak away to solo than, say, a bar.” More stories from the trenches:  A guide to helping you raise the kind of person you'd like to know.Love what you see? Send it to a friend. Did someone forward this email? If so, subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out (In)formation and The Good Life. |
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