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March 2012

March 01, 2012

Do Less. Sleep More.

I just woke up from a nap. It took place in a hammock under the...

March 01, 2012

Relationship Tweets from the World’s Oldest Living Married Couple

On Valentine's Day, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, aged 104 and 101 respectively, did something thoroughly...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Once Upon a Time

I once read a fairy tale about a land where no one had any extended...

February 29, 2012

Risking Foot in the Mouth Disease

This is the last in my series of blogs on race. The previous ones are...

February 29, 2012

Pools: A Travelling With Children Must Have

"Can we go to the pool tonight, mom?" "But you just spent four hours in...

February 28, 2012

What Tyler Clementi’s Death Can Teach Parents

Prosecutors in New Jersey are throwing the book at Rutger's student Dharun Ravi, two years...

February 27, 2012

Whether Or Not You Are Traveling

When we returned from a monthlong trip to China in 2010, people were eager to...

February 27, 2012

Jeremy Lin and His Unusual Tiger Mom

School, church and hours and hours of basketball? That's not the usual order of things...

February 24, 2012

Traveling With Children

When Ezra was two and Zach was three, we went to a squatter's village in...

February 24, 2012

Technology, Our Blessing/Our Curse: a Reflection on “Living into Focus” by Arthur Boers

Hey What She Said readers! Come on over to our sister blog, "What She Read"...

February 24, 2012

Father Knows Best – Finally, Reasonable Parents Reject “The Bachelor”

(Spoiler Alert: If you’ve not watched this week’s episode of The Bachelor on your DVR,...

February 23, 2012

I cannot stop thinking about Whitney.

Everyone else may have moved on, but I cannot stop thinking about Whitney. I've been...

February 21, 2012

How Target Knew a Teen Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did

Forbes has an interesting piece that will make you think twice before sliding your debit...

February 17, 2012

Waking Up

We're on sabbatical in Costa Rica for three months. We've been here for four days,...

February 17, 2012

We Could Have Had It All

It’s hard to watch Whitney standing there in all her ‘80s glory: gorgeous voice, huge...

February 16, 2012

Why Louisiana Hot Sauce Didn’t Go with Chinese Stir Fry

During graduate school, I spent summers doing inner city urban ministry with a multi-racial bunch...

February 15, 2012

How I’m Like Whitney Houston

In Whitney Houston’s prime, her voice was angelic, strong, and almost otherworldly. Her career began...

February 14, 2012

It’s V-Day… calling all the single ladies!

If you're a single lady this Valentine's Day (like me), I don't want to hear...

February 13, 2012

Everything He Needs to Know . . .

Suddenly the year of “wasted” tuition seemed infinitely valuable. One minority year was an experience...

February 13, 2012

Facebook Video Dad Posts Updates

And it makes me like him a whole lot more. Does his rejection of publicity...

February 12, 2012

Dirty Knees, Look at These

I was the only Chinese-American kid in my class in the suburbs. Being the “only”...

February 10, 2012

Parenting in the Age of Facebook

Have y'all seen this video? This dad has some serious consequences for his smart mouth...

February 10, 2012

Why White Parents Don’t Talk About Race

When Zach started pre-school and I asked him who he liked to play with, he...

February 09, 2012

Do You Think Chinese Girls are Pretty?

Last week I joined the challenge to talk about race by wondering Why Aren’t People...

February 09, 2012

Victoria’s Secret Model Quits Because of Her Christian Beliefs about Marriage

I saw this article today over on National Review's The Homefront Blog (H/T Greg Pollowitz):...

February 08, 2012

Behind the Parenting Mask

For better or for worse, a great deal of parenting for me is keeping on...

February 08, 2012

Let’s Talk About Race, Baby: They All Look the Same

Last week, I wrote a tiny bit about my experience being a white girl in...

February 07, 2012

22 Signs It’s High Time You Home School

1. You wake up in the morning feeling rested. 2. You dress cute. 3. You...

February 06, 2012

Why Do People Brag about Not Buying Books?

Since I’ve become an author, I’ve noticed...

February 03, 2012

One Of Them

A few years ago, sitting in the park with a group of hip, Cambridge...