Avant Parenting Archives
-
Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
-
Road trip!
Well, we made it, and I’m exhausted. In the space of four days, we drove straight to Carlsbad, went to Legoland, drove to Morro Bay, did lots of cool beach-related stuff, and drove home. If it doesn’t sound like a lot, first take into account the number of traffic jams we endured (one on the…
-
Old-tyme lemonade summer
Summers were very long in Michigan. And hot. You live in California and you think you know about heat? OK, so you may be inland and log hundred degree days as often as we coastal folks have fog, but you have dry heat. You have air conditioning. Close your eyes and take yourselves back to…
-
Pay to play doesn't pay
I’m working on an article about a fabulous new program that’s happening at Aptos High. Those of you in the PVUSD district might remember vaguely, years ago when money seemed to flow rather than get spit out in spurts of IOUs, that we voted for a bond measure that upgraded the facilities at Aptos High.…
-
King Tut!
I just finished putting together a field trip for my daughter’s homeschool group to visit King Tut at the deYoung in San Francisco. I remember when I was young and King Tut came on his first US visit. Time Magazine ran a big cover story, and it was Egypt-mania amongst all the kids I knew.…
-
Roughing it, sorta
Last night, way later than either child’s bedtime, we returned home from a camping trip with friends. It was fun, exhausting, thrilling, and exasperating. Pretty much like parenting, right? The amazing thing is, my kids are ten and six, and this was the first time I’ve gone camping with them. I have lots of excuses.…