Don’t You Remember?

It’s something I’ve noticed for awhile now. Somehow my son Brooks can remember every cent of allowance owed to him, yet for the life of him cannot recall where he left his uniform when we’re already ten minutes late for a game. Or that I reminded him last night to take his trumpet to school today.Welcome to the world of kid's selective attention. Well, much to my relief, it turns out this is not just my own perception – that kids having a firm grasp of certain things and no recollection of others turns out to be a developmentally appropriate fact of nature.

And so we enter our children's world of complete selective attention, and selective retention.

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Today’s Hot Moms!?

Seen this trend lately? I came across an article from New York Magazine entitled “Of MILF and Men,” which tackled the “sexy-mom phenomenon.” And here I mistakenly thought I was doing a remarkable job by actually taking a shower in the morning, blow drying my hair in 6 minutes flat, a fast dash of mascara, and did I mention that I am the only one in my house who realizes that the toilet paper roll needs to be changed? Oh, but now it turns out that I have to work on being completely sexy to boot in order to participate in this trend of hot, sexy moms.

This movement – which has been proliferated through a variety of “hot mom” products, including t-shirts, coffee mugs, and books, as well as through TV shows (aka Desperate Housewives) and movies that glorify the sexy mom, has held up hot moms as something worth not only striving for, but also worth cheering for. And, just as I was honestly hoping it was a 90’s fad that would go the way of the boy band.

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Giving Up or Having It All? Brit Moms escape home...

I caught an interesting story out of London recently – 25% of the spots in nurseries are open as more and more mothers decide to stay home with their kids. In fact, over the course of just five years, the number of these British vacancies has doubled. And this from the home of the famous British nannies?

Amidst all of the press about mothers facing increased pressure regarding the decision to stay home full-time or return to work after having kids, it seems experts in London are considering this to be the beginning of the end for the so-called “have-it-all” generation of women.

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The Dangerous Book for Boys! Oh MY!

With it's bright red jacket alerting boys to dangers lurking within is thick manila pages, along with old fashioned turn of the century (that is the turn of two centuries ago) text, what could be more alluring? Say hello to a phenomenon sweeping the universe of our  boys, whose sheltered lives with adults and clipboards present at most of their after-school play hardly engages them in the best techniques of building a treehouse, making paper boats, and making an awesome go cart.

Welcome to the world of Brit brothers Gonn and Hal Iggulden who as grown boys tramped back out into the woods, fields, and garage to capture the lost art of knots, pinhole projectors, creating your own fishing rod, and spotting cloud formations.

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