by Deborah Quinn | Feb 15, 2016 | Children, family, growing up, Kids, Parenting, tech life, World Moms Blog
I write for a great blog called WorldMomsBlog, which brings together writers from around the globe to talk about life in their part of the world. Sometimes, as you might imagine, events and issues are culturally specific but more often than not, there are shared...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 19, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, Kids, Parenting, Travel
Way back in the dim mists of time (which is to say, 1985), my family took a trip to France. I’d been studying in London and my mother, an eternal Francophile, had planned a two-week family driving tour through France at the end of my semester. A two-week trip that...
by Deborah Quinn | Jul 22, 2013 | exercise, Kids, NYC, Parenting
I’m borrowing the title of this post from The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, that great book about the importance of letting your kids feel some of the bumps in life instead of coddling and protecting them every inch of the way. Judging from this article about the...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 14, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, family, Kids, Parenting
Foosball. The only people I knew who had a foosball table were Chandler and Joey on “Friends.” Oh, okay, I didn’t really know them know them. But they did have a foosball table. And now I have a foosball table too. About two months ago, before we...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 13, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Kids, Parenting, Politics, ranting, religion, UAE
My kids get in trouble if they call each other names. They lose precious screen time for saying “idiot,” or “stupid,” or (my personal favorite), “pig-head.” Screen-denial happens for shoving as a response to frustration, or...
