Denise Schipani / 11 Comments / parenting, special education /
Yesterday afternoon, as I was quietly melting away in the 90-degree heat on the edge of the soccer field, watching (well, sorta watching) my son Daniel’s practice, I started chatting with another mother, whose son was in D’s preschool class. We were just having one of those idle, “aren’t they getting so big” back-and-forth things, […]
Denise Schipani / 5 Comments / kids and friendship, Mean Mom's Question Time / friendship, neighbors, playdates /
Just this weekend, I was talking to my sister, who had recently attended a mini-reunion of her high school class. She told me she talked to a girl who used to live around the corner from us, whose older brother, Charlie, was The Tormenter of the Bus Stop. (I recall that I actually mentioned our […]
Denise Schipani / 1 Comment / babycare, family life, humor, mom bloggers / instinct, Jen Singer, Mommasaid.net, Mother's Day /
As readers can tell by perusing my last post, I’m not on board with junking up emotions surrounding motherhood with borrowed words or treacly sentiment. I’m all about the reality, kiddos. I’ve also never been, since becoming a mom, about abandoning my own hard-won instincts in order to follow any crowd into a place that […]
Denise Schipani / 10 Comments / family life, holiday, mommy guilt / American Baby, Facebook, Mother's Day, The Happiest Mom /
Sigh. Facebook is at it again. well, not Facebook itself, but the community of FBers. As I type, with a day and a half until Mother’s Day descends upon us again, one of those “copy and paste this and put it in your status line if you’re a Mom!” thingies is virusing its way around. […]
Denise Schipani / 13 Comments / family life, kids' TV, Mean Mom's Question Time / Baby Einstein, childhood obesity, children's television, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Playhouse Disney, Sponge Bob Square Pants, television /
Starting this week (and hopefully continuing because it turns out to be wildly successful!), I’m instituting Mean Mom’s Question Time. Because I got to thinking: I can write (and write, and write, and write), but I’d rather discuss sometimes. So. Here’s the topic for Week One of Mean Mom’s Question Time: How much TV do […]