I’m sitting cross-legged with a sitar in a makeshift percussion pit of kindergartners, and we’re having a musical conversation. Most of the children are banging their tambourines happily, like they’ve been granted permission to go mad and fingerpaint their bedroom walls. A few of them are experiencing some anxiety. They sit tentatively tapping the clattery […]

Any day now my husband and I are going to become Real Grown-Ups. Like the kind with actual jobs and mortgages and I don’t know, balanced meals and stuff. We’re on year AHEM of our one-income, student-loan-receiving, renting-instead-of-owning married life, and yearn for the day when we’ll walk straight past the generic mac-and-cheese and load […]

Some people say everything we do is in the intention. Others say intention has nothing to do with it. What really counts is the outcome. I fall somewhere in the middle. Perhaps that’s my problem when it comes to teaching my children a second language. When I was 11, my family emigrated from Lithuania. I […]

According to the CDC, kids today aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables in their diet. This isn’t really surprising, is it?But as a parent, you have the ability to send your kid to school (or work) with a delicious lunch that incorporates healthy food and a good dose of funky fabulous fun as well. Even […]

As it becomes increasingly difficult to get personal attention when you’re buying something — because you’re e-mailing or buying from a Web site or wandering a giant store trying desperately to get someone to answer a simple question — independent retailers are treasures to be sought out and cherished. This is especially true for Little […]

“My kids are finally teething!” “We’re beginning to get on a regular sleeping schedule.” “Before the baby, I’d remember to bring water for everyone, now it’s hard to remember to breathe sometimes!” “Well, we can’t leave yet, the kids are having too much fun playing!” This isn’t a new moms’ playgroup or parents picking up […]