A reader recently commented, “Not to change the subject - but what happened to the postman???”
Oh, The Postman. I still have a mega-crush on him. I’ve seen him numerous times at the post office (what service! no more lines for this mama!). He’s as sweet as ever, and that weak-kneed feeling hasn’t gone away.
A [...]
A reporter from the Baltimore Sun called me this week to ask if I had a “buddy system.”
A buddy system? It made me think of my daughter in preschool, when she was paired up with her three-year-old “buddy” for a nature walk. They were told to hold hands, and not let go.
But how about single [...]
This week, I got an email out of the blue from a single woman named Karen at Online Dating. She wrote her dissertation at the University of Southern California on that topic exactly: “Online Dating.” (Wow.) Karen says that she loves probing into the world of online dating because she hopes “my research can [...]
This week, at BabyCenter.com, I ask parents how they feel about posting their children’s photos online. Clearly, you know that I do post kid photos here, on my blog. (And I have no doubt her father browses here from a distance.)
During my random flashes of online dating, however, I have not posted my child’s picture [...]
Do your kids play Club Penguin?
How about Webkinz? Or, Whyville for 13+?
Do you let your kids go online? Are you watching over their shoulders? Or washing the dishes? (like me!)
This week, Michelle Hainer, a writer and editor in New York, interviewed yours truly about “Safe Social Networking Sites Kids Love.”
I have mixed feelings about letting [...]