For parents who want to worry less and play more!
For reasons too complicated to explain in this blog, my ten-year-old daughter has recently been offered a chance to audition for a network TV pilot. The way this opportunity came to us was rushed, requiring instant action. Download the lines, have her read them in front of the dv camera, and overnight them […]
Posted on March 7th, 2006 by MomStar
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I got one of those phone calls this week where the disembodied voice on the other end of the line seems to vibrate with meaning, and I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out what part my ear played in that perception.
It was a woman from the local school district […]
Posted on January 21st, 2006 by MomStar
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My son started preschool last week. Finally. The whole process of finding a preschool in San Francisco- and getting in - is such an Odyssey that I thought this day would never come. And here’s the part that’s even better - we LOVE everything about it.
Miles loves the toys […]
Posted on September 29th, 2005 by Laura Norman
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Potato Chips with vitamins and dietary fiber? What’s next for our kids?
Posted on August 13th, 2005 by Laura Norman
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Our preschool quest has ended. Last month we got a phone call and assuming I pass a TB test, my son will be enrolled this fall in a very special local cooperative nursery school.
My husband says “its just preschool,” but it isn’t. By the time both of our children go, it will be a […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2005 by Laura Norman
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By staying in the city, am I raising a kid who will miss the restorative effects of nature?
Posted on June 29th, 2005 by Laura Norman
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