Graceful Parenting in Austin

Erin Kotecki Vest might be all famous and powerful because she interviewed Barack Obama for BlogHer and I guess that is a big deal, but here in Texas, sports are a big deal too, and in Austin, University of Texas baseball is legendary, so here is my interview with the winningest [...]

Blue Eyes told me Noel’s talent show was on Friday at 8:30 and I don’t know why I thought it was a night, because 8:30 would be a pretty late start for elementary school kids, but I did, and I was surprised to learn on Thursday that I would need some time away from work [...]

I got my Newsweek in the mail a few weeks ago and the cover said 1968 with pictures of Robert Kennedy, Nixon and Martin Luther King and I thought, oh my, why are we still talking about this?… Not that all of these people weren’t talented and important and not that they didn’t have an impact on our politics and culture, it is just that this is 2007, so why can’t we move on?But the article in Newsweek made sense…. Well, parenting is pretty hard and I look for the balance between trusting my instincts and learning new things, and so I’ll spend some of my time reading the books. There are two that I hear about, think about and talk about pretty often and while they seem very different on the surface, they also have some things in common, beginning with my belief that they are both firmly rooted in 1968.The first book is “On Becoming Baby Wise” (Gary Ezzo, Robert Dr Bucknam)…. Click here for a book review.The second book is “The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby” (William Sears, Martha Sears).

I have seriously considered the life of a Safest Parent in Town. For one thing, I have the skills. I can be very goal-driven and task-oriented and that combined with basic Internet skills can lead to a wealth of information about the dangers around every corner. Then there are my organizing skills, writing skills [...]