Saturday morning dance party in the yoga studio. C is doing her wild-child, hair-tossing dance to Lady Gaga, sashaying across the floor to the insistent beat of “Poker Face.” A is arranging her stuffed animals in a corner, constructing a house for Lambie and Penguin out of yoga blocks. After a few songs, I slip [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sexuality'
TONGUE SUSHI
January 18th, 2012 1 Comment
Tags: honesty · Katy Perry · kissing · Lady Gaga · Parenting · Sexuality
Facing the Facts of Life (2)
December 1st, 2010 3 Comments
After revealing the secrets of procreation to my kids, I think back to my own childhood illumination. I can’t exactly remember how I learned about sex. My mom gave me a book called Where Did I Come From?: The Facts of Life Without Any Nonsense and With Illustrations, but at that point I already knew [...]
Tags: facts of life · preschooler · Sexuality · Where Did I Come From?
Facing the Facts of Life (1)
November 18th, 2010 3 Comments
The big parenting moments sneak up on you when you least expect it, when you’re zoning out behind the wheel, say, driving the kids home at the end of a long day, wondering what the hell you’re going to serve for dinner. We were coming back from gymnastics when the girls got on the Egg [...]
Tags: Natalie Angier · ovary · preschooler · Sexuality
Daddy’s Soap, & other adult stories
September 21st, 2009 No Comments
WARNING: This post contains explicit material that may not be family-friendly. Small children are fascinated by adult stuff. Forget fancy, pricey, age-appropriate toys. My 4-year-old would prefer unlimited access to a roll of Scotch tape and a box of business envelopes than a Playmobile Flower-Fairy Treehouse. “Mommy, I just need a little piece of tape,” [...]