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A new and better way to share a parent hack: #parenthacks

I’m moving the Parent Hacks submission process from email to social media. Here’s how to submit your hacks.

Why Blogging Isn’t Dead for Me: Parent Hacks Then, Now, & Ahead

This is a continuation of my attempt to tell you what's next for Parent Hacks. Thank you for indulging my need to talk things out in order to get them clear in my head. If backstory's not your thing, feel free to skip to the "What's Ahead" section. But if you're interested in one writer's changing […]

The prologue to the introduction to the next chapter

in: Etc., Writing & Social Media

I spent last week writing a post about what's next for Parent Hacks. The post is crap. Seriously, it sucks. Be glad I didn't publish it. I then went offline for three days to chaperone my daughter's camp field trip in the Oregon desert. It was an amazing experience: high desert ecology, 5th grade social […]

Happy Mother’s Day, friends

in: Etc.

I hope you've got special plans today. Maybe your family has planned something…or not. Maybe they're scrambling because they forgot. Maybe none of you are the planning types. It doesn't matter. Take a deep breath and embrace this day as yours. Listen to something uplifting or funny. If you're lucky enough to be in one of […]

Turn an old baby wipe box into a toddler “tissue box” toy

in: Etc.

Does your kid like to pull all the tissues out of the box?

Do you ever feel unsure as a parent?

in: Etc.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. — Bertrand Russell

FREE EVENT: How to make room for fun

in: Etc.

Join me on tomorrow’s “Thursdays with ThirdPath” call (actually a webinar but it’s meant to be a conversation, not a lecture).

40% off selected Mabel’s Labels; sale ends 3/4/14

in: Etc.

Through tomorrow, Mabel’s Labels is taking 40% off the price of some of its most popular products.

And Now We Pause For Station Identification

in: Etc.

I'm feeling particularly grateful for you today for no particular reason. Sometimes I just have to shout that to the world. Your being here — on the blog, via email, via Twitter or Facebook — means so much to me. Having this diffuse group of generous, intelligent, thoughtful people to share stuff with, to float […]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, father

in: Etc.

I can't stop thinking about Phillip Seymour Hoffman's sudden death. I admired the man as an actor, but it's not like I'm his biggest fan. Until last night, I didn't know he was the father of three young children with his partner, Mimi O'Donnell. Or that he and his family were a regular fixture in […]