The Toddler at the Funeral
Is it a terrible idea to take a toddler to a family member’s funeral? What other choice is there for a grieving out-of-towner?
Is it a terrible idea to take a toddler to a family member’s funeral? What other choice is there for a grieving out-of-towner?
So perhaps you heard that Isabel and I were on Good Morning America the other day, talking about Alpha Mom. Or rather, the “Alpha Mom,” whomever that is. According to GMA, she’s a hard-driving, take-no-prisoners mama barracuda. She’ll eat you alive! Run, regular low-key moms!…
I rarely highlight charities on my personal website. This is not because there aren’t millions of amazing and worthwhile places to give our time and money. It’s more that I have trouble narrowing down which charities to share. I start with one and this leads…
This week’s Wonderland is brought to you by Eden Kennedy (aka Mrs. Kennedy) of Fussy. Are you a mother? Even if you’re not, you have one somewhere. And what did she do for you, did she cuddle you or change your diaper or breast-feed you…
Congratulations to Celebrity Baby Blog on its sale to People.com, owned by AOL Media. This is such great news for all us mom and pop entrepreneurs. I am a huge fan of Danielle Friedland, founder of CBB, who started her then fledging website four years…
First in a series of posts. Not sure how many “effective habits” I’ve got. But this one is Connecting Online to Meet Off-line.
Thank you SO MUCH to everybody who sent in updates to past questions! These were all really great to read. If you’ve got an update to a past question and would like to share what worked (or what didn’t work), please drop me a line…
Are you obligated to keep gifts given by friends if they aren’t something you normally wouldn’t use or buy for yourself?
The red carpet doesn’t always work so well for the real world. What to do when you fall in love with an un-have-able dress.
No matter how many kids or how much help you have, we parents are all just winging it, doing the best we can with what we have.
Mealtimes drag on and on at this young family’s home. The kids are just having fun and enjoying themselves at the table, but their mom would prefer them to enjoy the outdoors. How can she improve the situation without being a nag?
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US News & World Report has done a cover story on some Mothers in America today: The New Mommy Track. It’s a mom/ workplace trend piece with three main stories: 1) More mothers win flextime at work, and hubbies’ help (really!) at home; 2) Busy…
Yes, I interviewed Salma Hayek in person and we talked about babies and shooooooes. Clearly two of our mutual loves.
Single parent or not, we all need to allow ourselves a break and a chance to reboot and reset for the sake of our kids. Hold the guilt.
Continuing our Gardening with Kids series, we tackle vegetables and other edibles like wheat grass, lettuce and scarlet runner beans. Enjoy!
Alpha Mom threw its annual CheeseburgHer Party at the women’s blogging conference, BlogHer. Want to build a community? Throw a party, baby.
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By: Shirley Brady It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. In Isabel Kallman’s case, it was necessary to be a mother before being an inventor. The birth of her first child led to the creation of a different kind, the Alpha Mom TV…
Video-On-Demand Channel Targets Moms Parenting startup Alpha Mom launches Alpha Mom TV, a 24-hour video-on-demand TV network distributed by Comcast and other cable operators. The channel will provide programming on health, nutrition, safety, and other childcare issues. Programs will be reviewed by a professional advisory…