Best holiday gift ever?

Disclaimer: my kid might very well disagree with the following, but I think the best gift you can give to your child this season is: connection.
That’s right: making your children feel special isn’t about buying new, fancy things for them — even if they’re begging. (You should hear mine asking for that Nintendo DS lately…)
“Things,” [...]

Do you drink Odwalla juice?

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I love Odwalla juice. But I don’t love the fact that all those [...]

Promise rings? Would you encourage your kids to wear one?

Update: Single Mom Seeking Sanity’s post about why she — a 30-something single mom — wears a promise ring.
I know that many of you have tweens or teens. And I officially have one now, too.
As you might also know, Mae is a huge fan of pop stars like the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, and Miley [...]

Evan

Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with single parenting. And it has everything to do with a special little boy and his loving family.
Evan Kamida would have been eight years old tomorrow. As you know, I have an eight-year-old. Although I never got to meet Evan in person, I felt like I knew him. [...]

Is it safe to put your kid’s names and photos on your blog? What I learned at BlogHer, Part 1

I was just drafting a post about being safe when you’re a single parent blogger, and my sweet dad called to give me the heads up about today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
In today’s article about “Mommy Bloggers,” Heather Armstrong — aka Dooce – says she “has seen photos of her daughter manipulated online.”
MommyBlogging: Public Parenting & [...]