Siblings-Best Friends and Worst Enemies:What Can Parents Do?
Bickering among siblings is high on the list of what sends normally tolerant parents right over the edge. “Stop it!” “Leave her alone!” “You’re supposed to be taking care of your brother!” For those of us with siblings, it is easy to forget that we, too, used to […]

Tide to-go
This is an instant stain remover product packed in the size of a pen. I almost stopped wearing light-colored clothes to work altogether in fear that I’d get some embarassing smears from the kids’ fingers that I’d have to wear like a badge all-day at work… that is until Julia presented me with […]

Jungle Drums by Graeme Base
“Little Ngiri is the Smallest Warthog in Africa. Tired of being teased about his size, he wishes things could be different. When Old Nyumbu the Wildebeest gives Ngiri a set of magic drums, he is sure his wish is about to come true. But all the […]

It’s fun sometimes just sitting back to watch what the kids do on their own. Our kids, as with all toddlers/preschoolers. like to pretend play. It’s funny watching what they use as props. The red oval-shaped storage lid for their reading bench often goes missing and is later found sprinkled with magnetic puzzle pieces and […]

Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi
TED BLEW INTO my house one Saturday morning. He didn’t even knock. I was eating cereal, and as usual, my father was busy in his study.
“Hello, birthday boy!” Ted bellowed. “Where are the raspberries?”
Who is Ted, and […]

Our daycare center is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in the lobby this whole week, and I’ve already gone there 3 times to spend a small fortune on those selections (I think I enjoy kids’ books even more than I do the adults’ books sometimes). I like the fact that they offer a lot of […]

We happened upon a good book (Knuffle Bunny) this morning while waiting in the lobby of our daycare center to take our bi-annual sibling photos. The theme had to do with a child’s separation anxiety over the loss of a beloved stuffed toy. Our kids liked it so much they made me read it a […]