For parents who want to worry less and play more!

Finally Some Truth when it comes to TV!

Finally a little bit of honesty. It’s true that there is a recommendation that exists that suggests children should only watch one hour of television a day. However, I felt a little like this stay at home dad over the last couple of days who wrote this article in the Boston Globe. Only at least […]

Study says more parents curbing TV viewing

I wanted to share this article I just read about TV viewing habits. As a mother of two 6 year olds who have mainly watched videos, not broadcast TV, we seem to be experiencing a pull toward the tube of late. And I struggle to control it’s use, content and time. Apparently I’m not the […]

Creationism, Condoms and Al Gore

What do these three things have in common–and no, it’s not Bill Clinton. What these three things have in common is that they are subjects that have been banned from being taught in the Federal Way school district. Why? Apparently, because they’re all too controversial. Now I have never believed that not telling kids about […]

Another Parent Worry

Many different people have posted about the subject of “nature deficit.” I was just reading the Seattle PI and again nature calls.  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/298708_nature06.html It’s funny, living in Seattle and raising children here I have to say, I don’t worry about it as much. I’m not sure if that’s because we live here surrounded by so […]

On Being a Wild Mom

It’s fairly obvious that Britney is not going to win the award for “Mother of the Year” but I’m sure there are worse. Fabulous two time winning mom, super stylish gal pal and sometime PlayIsTheWork.com contributor comments on judgmental momydom. Read on…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16326136/

The Holidays–Or “The Man in the Big Red Suit” to “Pink Champagne”

Every family develops over time, their own set of traditions. That is especially true of the holidays. This was our first time as a family spending Hanukah, Christmas and the New Year together and I tried hard to start putting some things in place. We put up a beautiful tree that we all decorated together. […]