A year ago, I wrote the following post for the Chicago Moms Blog about Mother’s Day and my discomfort with the hype surrounding the holiday. On the eve of Mother’s Day 2011, I thought I would repost it here. This week’s Oak Park Patch also had a provocative Moms Council post about Mother’s Day, which [...]
 
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I am absolutely swamped this week grading briefs for the legal writing class that I teach at a local law school and working on an exciting new blogging assignment for a local media outlet. So, sadly, I am temporarily neglecting both my children and my blog. Just so no one has to keep looking at that [...] An SV Moms Group Book Club post: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Immigration has been a extremely charged topic in American politics for decades. President Obama and Senator McCain heatedly debated the issue of immigration reform during the 2008 election, when the Latino vote was believed to be crucial. And Arizona’s draconian new law targeting undocumented workers is only the [...] I have a new post on the Chicago Moms Blog today about how my husband let our 6 year old stay up to watch the Blackhawks win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals last week. We’re usually pretty strict about bedtime, but my husband was adamant that we let Zuzu stay up to watch [...] My husband and I do not get out by ourselves as much as we would like. But, a movie or dinner for two plus the cost of a babysitter is more than we can afford on a weekly basis. Moreover, for parents of young kids, it can be hard to find the energy to actually leave the house on a [...] I have a new post up on the Chicago Moms Blog (and cross-posted to several of its sister sites) on my initial reaction to the President’s nomination of Solicitor General Kagan to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court. I would love to hear what you think! Tweet I have a new post up on the Chicago Moms Blog today in which I dare to suggest that we might be taking the celebration of Mother’s Day a bit too far. This is going to be controversial! Check it out. Tweet Is ambivalence the default state of mind for a twenty-first century mother? Work. Stay at home. Either way, you will second-guess your decision on a daily basis and feel the judgmental eyes of others on you at every turn. If you work outside the home, you worry about the time you are not spending with your [...] I have a new post up on the Chicago Moms Blog about using some of the skills I learned in the workplace in my role as a stay-at-home mom. Please stop by a take a look! Tweet I have a new post up on the Chicago Moms Blog about why I sometimes dream about having another baby — although I know it’s not happening. So, come take a look. Meanwhile, don’t forget to enter the contest for the jar of my homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam! You can enter by 1) leaving a comment to the [...] As part of my quest for social media domination, today I am over at the Chicago Moms Blog talking about my Zuzu and how my husband and I are raising her to be a music lover. So please stop by and check it out. The Chicago Moms Blog is a terrific community of bloggers and I am really honored that they invited me to [...] |
 
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