It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on the brilliant minds at Restoration Hardware- and when I finally got around to it, I was so pleased to find that they’ve come out with a whole new collection of furniture and accessories for our darling children– as well as a bunch of helpful new photos to give […]

I remember a time when providing food for a party meant opening a couple bags of chips, putting out a few 2-liters and a stack of Solo Cups, and maybe baking cookies to show you really cared. Then the Internet came along and ruined everything. Now that parties have been Pinterestized, the food has never been fancier. No […]

This column originally stirred up readers in the Nashville Scene. I’m driving down West End silently cursing the man ahead of me, who’s going barely five miles per hour. Cars zoom by on my left, but traffic’s too heavy for me to switch lanes. “Oh, come on!” I say finally, tapping the heel of my […]

Not too many month-old infants can be seen out on the town. New moms will tell you they’re keeping their newborns at home because they don’t want to expose them to germs or pollutants or strangers with open sores all over their bodies who ask to hold them (which is, no lie, exactly what happened […]

>About a year ago, I attended the second birthday party of the son of a friend of mine. Before the party, she had made sure to mention to me that little McParkerson was only allowed to play with wooden toys that did not feature characters from television shows or movies. I watched as McParkerson opened […]

>Speaking of nursery rhymes… Veronica just sent me the link to the Christian Mother Goose book. I think this is a very bad book, not only because it makes Christians come off as horrible rhymers who enjoy dressing up in ridiculous costumes, but also because I can just imagine the day when the poor little […]

>When Baby was very small, I sang her a lullaby in front of one of my stepdaughters. Rock a bye baby, on the treetop.When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall and down will come baby, cradle and all…. “That’s not how my mom and dad sang […]

When I was little, my mother kept my older brother and me in line using a method that I’m pretty sure will never be found in any child care manual. “If y’all don’t quit your nyaah nyaahing,” she’d threaten, “I’m sending you to The Farm, where little children have to work for a living!” At […]