“It’s snowing outside!” My two-year-old son announces as we trudge through the white stuff. “It’s snowing outside!” He says a few feet later. Then again just a few feet after that. Normally the repetition would grate on my nerves. But not today. The innocent marvel in his little voice is catching and I’m grinning ear to ear [...]
We’ve seen it play out a million times on the silver screen. The guileless camaraderie between a man and a woman. There’ll be the inevitable montage of them laughing with their heads thrown back, spending lots of time together in coffee shops and bowling alleys. But sooner or later they’ll reach for the same ball. His hand will accidentally brush against hers, and the camera will zoom in for the requisite close up. Their eyes will lock, and in that instant a knowing gaze will pass between them. They’ll kiss for the first time, and there’ll be no turning back. From that point on, they know they can no longer be just friends…
It takes a village to raise a child. Or at the very least: one superhuman parent. Every now and then I don my cape and play that wonder woman. Like many moms out there, when my husband goes away on business, I unofficially become a ‘single parent’. And, also like most moms out there, it’s not [...]
I quit buying the glossy magazines devoted endorsing a shape so emaciated it appeared ghoulish. Was the fashion industry warped, or was I? And with its ideals of beauty so entrenched, would it ever change its stripes? Well, it would seem so, as plus-size models took to the runway in New York recently. One giant leap for womankind – or a case of too little, too late?
Women may have fought long and hard for equal footing in the boardroom, yet when it comes to doling out cuddles and packing lunches many of us are reluctant to admit that men make equally competent, equally caring caregivers.
Breast is best. It’s a fact of nature endorsed by governments and parenting experts the world over. No one disputes the benefits of breastfeeding. What is objectionable, though, is the assumption that all mothers can and should do it. That moms who choose formula over breast milk are lazy and irresponsible, and clearly don’t have their [...]
If I had a buck for every time total strangers waxed lyrical about how fat my baby is, I’d have enough dinero to open up my own fast food franchise. I know the war on childhood obesity (or ‘globesity’ as it’s now known) is a worthy one, especially in this country.