About a month ago, I was reading this great post over at Literal Mom about songs that suck. She was talking about songs that are catchy and therefore everywhere, yet completely inappropriate for children (and maybe for adults, too). As soon as I read it, I immediately thought of the song “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado. …
Category Archives: in which I get up on my soapbox
Climbing up the slide
It’s a rule. You hear it endlessly repeated at every playground: “We don’t climb up the slide. We go around and use the steps.” I say it, too. But just like everyone else who has a kid older than crawling-up-stairs age, I finally accepted the fact that children want to climb up slides. They will…
What (most) mothers want
In the past few days I’ve read a lot of thoughts about Mother’s Day and done a bunch of my own thinking about it. Is it just a Hallmark holiday? Does it discriminate against non-parents or make them feel inferior? Does this holiday sentimentalize mothers and their role in society? Is it ok that a…
