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TV Wars: What's Wrong with Zach and Cody? (Part Two)

Family Friday at Mom Spa

by Jenny Douglas Vidas

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

When making decisions, we rely on the information at hand.  If we discover later that our information was faulty, we need to recognize and admit the mistake, then change course.  This lesson applies at the macrolevel (for instance, certain conflicts in the Middle East) and the microlevel (parenting). 

I will now confess that allowing my seven-year-old son to watch The Suite Life of Zach and Cody was a Bad Idea.  When last I blogged, my son was guffawing in front of the TV, basking in the semi-illicit thrill of a previously forbidden show.  

Children's Autonomy and Privacy Online

Technology Thursday

Social networking activities - weblogs, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, and many other similar services - are no longer the province of tech-savvy computer geeks, if they ever were.   I was comparatively late to Facebook, but among my "friends" there are my childhood pastor's wife, an executive at Amazon, and a couple of my Aunts, not to mention the usual cadres of high school and college buddies and current friends, acquaintances, and a few work connections.  In other words, a broad and diverse set of individuals all privy to my random and silly Twitter feed, which I send over to be my status messages on Facebook.

Privacy has always been a significant challenge when it comes to such services and there are various tactics and approaches to dealing with how much information is revealed and to whom.

The Many Phases of Working Mom-hood

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

I never doubted that I would work outside the home after having children. My mother worked, both my grandmothers worked and when my first baby was born I had my dream job -- national correspondent for a large chain of daily newspapers.

So I've been surprised to experience my desire to work wax and wane over the last five years. At times I questioned whether I'd be happier as a stay-at-home mom and I cried during my commute to the office. During other periods, I couldn't wait for someone else to take over child care so I could put ideas in print that were burning a hole through my brain.

Three Most Common Relationship Mistakes

By Tanya Bunich

Photo courtesy of assbach via Flickr

As we enter a relationship our partner soon becomes our everything. The one we count on for emotional support, we make him our best friend and expect that he will be the net that is always there to catch us when we fall. WOW!! Sounds amazing, right?  I’m in!!!

Then one day, we wake up to reality and our prince charming, our everything, fails us for one reason or another. Either he didn’t understand what we needed or he was too busy at work or just didn’t care.

Naturally, we get upset and the next person we see, we start babbling…can you believe he didn’t care that ….and that marks the beginning of relationship problems.

Soup-er Charged Easy Healthy Suppers

By Laura Holland

We try to have a hearty vegetable soup at least once a week. With crusty whole-grain bread and a salad, it is an easy, healthy supper that my family loves.

Rich in vegetables, beans and whole grains, these soups are inexpensive, filling, high in fiber and vitamins, low in calories, and kid-friendly, too. Vegetables that my son would normally reject are happily gobbled up by the steaming bowlful.