Category Archives: It Takes a Village

Burned-Out Moms Finally Starting to Say NO

I knew I shouldn’t have answered the phone the other night. I had a sneaking suspicion that the mom calling me at 9:30 on a school night was not going to ask me to share my apple crisp recipe or schedule a playdate for our kids. At 9:30pm, a call from a tired mom can [...]
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Trying Not to Be the Village Idiot

If your kids don’t take the bus home from school, they are supposed to wait in the cafeteria for you to pick them up. So I was surprised when, after gathering my own kids and walking out the front of the building, I noticed two of my daughter’s fellow kindergarteners hanging out by themselves without [...]
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