“I love this book!” my 5-year-old daughter Jules exclaimed at the bookstore holding up a book called No, David! “Can we buy it?” “How do you know it?” I asked thinking Hmm! A book called No, David! by a man named David … Nothing quite piques my interest like someone looking back at their [...]
I love my friend Warren. He’s kind. He’s thoughtful. He’s good at his job. He works hard. And he cares. While he excels at almost everything he does, being a limit-setting parent isn’t his forté. And it’s no surprise. He got fucked by a slew of totally inadequate parents himself. And God bless him, [...]
I was trying to buy some ribbon at a notions shop (crazy name!) in downtown LA, but couldn’t because the woman at the head of the line couldn’t make up her mind. “Could I just see the gold ribbon again? And that polka dot grogain? Do you have enough of this one?…Hmm, I’m not sure, [...]
“A parent once asked me what I would do with a child who has drawn on the wall, and whether I should punish him I answered, ‘I would punish the parents.’” — MAGDA GERBER — About five years ago, when our first child was only six months old, John and I were out to dinner [...]
