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  Why I don’t read parenting books

  10.12.08 | Permalink | 25 Comments

  We just got back from a quick trip to Idaho and Yellowstone, where we visited friends who are some of the best parents I know. Not only do they love their kids, they like them too. I know! Isn’t it enough that we love our kids: instinctively, irrationally, unconditionally? Must we also LIKE them, in [...]

• Makes-Me-Smile Monday, book review

  MMSM: The Rainbow Fish Conspiracy

  05.19.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I could probably maintain an entire blog just about the (childrens) books that make an old-fashioned book-burning look totally defensible. But honestly, the gag-reflex I get from Angelina Ballerina is greatly eclipsed by the desire to glut myself on endless re-readings of Dumpy LaRue, Julius, the Baby of the World, The Ordinary Princess, and everything by L.M. Montgomery. But where’s the fun in slavering [...]