As a toddler, my son ate curry. Not the seriously spicy stuff, but when he was 2 or so, his favorite foods included rice and his grandmother's yellowish-green, Filipino version of chicken curry. Even now, he digs ethnic food. But perhaps that’s because it was…
Laurie Rogers, one of the original members of the newspaper's Parents' Council, asked us to post this on the blog:On May 27 at 7 p.m., Spokane school administrators are scheduled to address the school board about proposed teaching materials for mathematics. I’m asking parents and…
Summer can be a challenging time for tweens and young teens. They’re old enough to stay home alone, but many can’t work or find regular activities to do without adult supervision. Today’s story in The Spokesman-Review, “Keeping kids busy during break on a budget,” acknowledged…
To celebrate the culmination of high school next month, hundreds of area graduates will stay up all night partying with friends at a bash complete with karaoke, casino-style gambling and raffle prizes that include iPods and gift certificates to local stores and restaurants.It’s called the…
Are some people just messy by nature or is it really possible to “train” our loved ones to be tidy? I was once a neat freak – the kind that couldn’t sit still in a room if there was dust on a shelf or a…
In some ways, exercising was a lot easier when the kids were infants. First, they weighed a lot less. Second, they napped a lot more. Rides in the baby jogger would lull them to sleep. They also didn’t fuss too much – we gave them…
A friend who recently took his family to Disneyland shared this great tip with me: “A dad took a Sharpie and wrote his cell number on his son's upper arm. So if the kid got lost, all he had to do was show an adult…
A recent story on msnbc.com asserts that the children of my generation – those born between 1965 and 1977 – are among the rudest in history. “Today’s tykes: Secure kids or rudest in history?” claims that Gen X moms and dads have forsaken compassion and…
How do you celebrate Mother's Day when you are a mom and your mom lives close by?
Mother’s Day can be a lot of pressure – especially on dads and adult children. When the holiday comes around – and it’s happening this Sunday – people find themselves scrambling to find the perfect gift. They send flowers, buy chocolates, purchase certificates to the…
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