He is Me: Parenting The Kid Who’s the Most Like Me

Denise Schipani / 3 Comments / family life, humor, parenting, school, summer, Uncategorized / kids and personality, Kindergarten, YMCA summer camp /

My second son, James, is bewildering and bedeviling in shifting measures, like all offspring, but I have been feeling for a while lately that, while he’s as capable as his big brother of winning or crushing my heart, I understand him better. To put it in actorly terms, I have flashes of brilliance and insight, […]

June 29, 2010

Mommy’s Meatballs: Why Keeping Control Over Kids and Food Pays Off. Sometimes.

Denise Schipani / 1 Comment / guest posts, kids and food / Debbie Koenig, meatballs, Parents Need to Eat, Too, Words to Eat By, YMCA summer camp /

So the boys started their six weeks at the local YMCA camp yesterday. I love this camp. Love it. But as with any situation where kids gather, bad food options seem to be the norm. I work around it; I try not to get my hackles up when I see the Snack Shack stocked with […]