Eyes of the Beholder
Posted 5 weeks 3 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
What happens when you have a really creative kid team up with a really fun and creative babysitter? The answer: A big misunderstanding.Margaret Garcia-Couoh's blog
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Mommy, What's a God? (and other questions of myth and religion)
Posted 11 weeks 3 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
"So Mommy, How come we don’t go to church?" Are you ready for this question? What do you say? And if that isn’t bad enough the grandparents want to enroll the kids in Sunday school. How do parents deal with their children asking the BIG questions when the parents have lived their lives happy to not have the answers?
Daddy, Don't Divorce Us,
Posted 15 weeks 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
So you don't love your wife right now. Big deal. You divorce that woman who brought your children into the world and you are in for a heap of guilt and angst that will, rest assured be entirely your fault. Something to think about guys, on your way to dissolving your family unit.
Just Say No to Volunteering in the Classroom
Posted 18 weeks 4 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Does your kid's school ask you to volunteer? Why should you have to? Do you do your dishes when you go to a restaurant? DO you read your own X-rays at the hospital? Why are we supposed to be in the classroom?
The Family Bed: The Secure Sleep
Posted 19 weeks 6 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Why do we keep our young children in a room all the way down the hall from us? Why do we spend too much money fixing up Ikea showroom like rooms for them when they really want to be with us? Why do we think it's weird to sleep with our children when most of the world does it? Wake up, America, and go to sleep with your children.
Thoughts from the Amtrak Train: Bad Behavior
Posted 23 weeks 6 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I don't think my kids are the model of good behavior but enough people around me do think they are. We've been on a train trip meeting all sorts of people...perhaps they are models. And if they are, here's why...
How to Celebrate those Christmas Babies
Posted 29 weeks 1 day ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Are you having a baby in December? Are you a Christmas Baby? There's many ways we wind up skimping on our Christmas babies that make them feel put out by the holiday. Here's a quick list of things to remind family and friends and we parents to do and not to do with our December offspring.
Disney's Latest: Tinkerbell
Posted 30 weeks 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Buying into the latest Disney franchise to capture your wallet and the hearts and minds of your daughters?
Holiday Card Action
Posted 30 weeks 5 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Stuck without a way to make your children think of something besides their lists for Santa? Join my family as we participate in Amnesty International's Holiday Card Action.
Guilt Tripping
Posted 32 weeks 3 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I’ve been a little absent from Parenting Squad because a little career boost sent me away from my usual routine. My unpublished short story collection won a very cool award. Yay! I had to leave the family behind a few days. There is nothing that more physically addresses a mom trying to have a career than a few days apart from the children.
When Hatred Infiltrates
Posted 36 weeks 5 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
With this year's national election, California's Yes on Prop 8 campaign, and the nationwide obsession with scapegoating immigrants for economic woes--hatred and fear is infiltrating all manner of American life. Bigotry is finding itself a home in our national discourse and the playground in the school yard next door is no different. How do we tackle the hatred when it gets directed at our families? What do we tell the children?
Kid Kleen's Bath Blizzard
Posted 37 weeks 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Looking for a way to add to bath time fun? Depending on your time and ingenuity, Bath Blizzard may or may not be the next fun bath product for you and your kids.
Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Posted 38 weeks 16 hours ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Want your kids to do something meaningful this Halloween besides start on a a new cavity? Consider reconnecting with an old American tradition: Trick or Treat for UNICEF.
Halloween Costumes--Making it or Buying it? That is the question.
Posted 38 weeks 5 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
The first week of October has come and gone. Are you any closer to getting your little ones' Halloween costumes completed? Are they starting to weigh in on homemade vs. bought? Which one really is the better option for busy parents?
Raising Children Across Class Lines
Posted 39 weeks 6 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I know it's taboo in America to bring up various differences of social class but when junior says: Mom, can we invite Johnny over? Do you say yes right away or do you redirect and say, what about playing with Timmy instead?
Different Kids, Different Schools?
Posted 48 weeks 1 day ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
We didn't think twice about sending our son to a small private preschool and kindergarten. The public one was really rough and tumble and he seemed lost in the shuffle when he started there. So with lesson learned, how come we are sending our daughter who starts preschool this fall to the public one?
Summer Roadtrip Travel Adventures, Part 1
Posted 49 weeks 11 hours ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
This summer was my first venture into traveling alone with the children since the husband had to work. (Hats off to all the single moms out there who do this on a regular basis). I found that keeping a zen like calm goes a long way into making the unexpected and the disaster a little more adventure like and way more fun for the kiddies.
Same Sex, Same Cake
Posted 51 weeks 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
The time had come to break it to the kids that the grandmas are getting married at the end of July. I was bracing for very literal preschooler observations of only boys and girls can marry---not unlike my preschoolers observations about who can tuck her in and who can play with Barbie...her response was not expected...
Old MacDonald had some Suckers
Posted 1 year 1 week ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
As a mostly vegetarian, hippie genX-er--a non-TV watching, non-consumer driven parent-- I have purposely failed my children miserably by hiding from them vital cultural icons of American life. But all that is about to change with two Happy Meals...
Kid Friendly Trips with TripFlix
Posted 1 year 1 week ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Gas prices have you and the kids home for the summer? You might want to give the interactive DVD TripFlix a try and do some couch traveling in an air conditioned living room with teens Alex and Emily to 25 destinations across the USA.
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