by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 27, 2014
The other day, as we drove to school, my four-year-old asked, “When do you become a grownup?” My seven-year-old, of course, had an answer right away. “Well, you go to high school, then college, then grad school, and then you’re a grownup!” If only it were so simple....
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 13, 2014
The irony has never been lost on me that although I was born on Valentine’s Day, I am not a romantic. And it’s not just that I’m not a gooey, gushy-in-love romantic. I am not a romantic in the philosophical sense, either – I tend more to classicism and pragmatism. I...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 10, 2014
This week, on Valentine’s Day, I will turn 39. Which means I am almost 40. I only have one more year left in my thirties. I have always viewed 40 with trepidation. “In my thirties” sounds young. Forty, with all due respect, does not. Perhaps I’m thinking about this...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 3, 2014
A few months ago, I wrote this post about how our cultural ideal of motherhood is portrayed in parenting magazines. Not surprisingly, the messages were variations on two main themes: 1) only mothers know how to properly parent, and 2) they enjoy every moment of said...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 28, 2014
It’s Award Season! Some of my lovely mommy blogger friends and I thought we would have fun combining the #365FeministSelfie with Award Season. The #365FeministSelfie is all about showing women as they are, no filter, no primping, no perfection, and perhaps no...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 26, 2014
Welcome back to the Brilliant Book Club for Parents! Today, we’re reflecting on our reading of Avital Norman Nathman’s The Good Mother Myth. I’d love for you to join our discussion by participating in the comments, and by reading my fellow Book Club members’ posts...
