by Deborah Quinn | Jun 23, 2015 | birth, Children, family, Feminism, Gender, Politics
I wrote this post almost four years ago. In that four-year time, gay marriage has become law in almost half the states in the Union and yesterday Tylenol ran a new ad that celebrated all the different types of families you can imagine — including some that look...
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 | Aug 21, 2013 | Children, growing up, Kids, NYC, Parenting
This post, which I’m re-posting while I travel this week, reminds me that even though my kids still resemble the Bicker McBickersons, things have gotten better since the time I wrote this post. And of course now that I’ve said that, I’m sure...
by Deborah Quinn | May 10, 2013 | family, Kids, Parenting
I’ve just suffered through two school projects (one for each child) that involved–god save me–glitter. Plus glue, posterboard, construction paper, some rudimentary elements of design, and a smattering of factoids gleaned from actual books (!) and...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 23, 2013 | exercise, family, growing up, Kids, Parenting, sports
Caleb is the little brother, the youngest, the baby. His older brother, who isn’t very tall, nevertheless casts a long, long shadow: Liam almost always gets the top honor, the award, the prize. True, Liam’s competitive spirit would make Napoleon nervous,...
