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OCTOBER 14, 2010: THE CRAZY WISDOM OF YOUTHS
Some parents tend to dismiss the advice of their older children, but they do so at their peril. After all, who knows better the ins and outs of being childreared by us than the children we first practiced on when we didn’t have a goddamn clue what we were doing?
This week, we invite former infant Max Hurley, age 11, to give us his insights on babies, parenting, and how to keep the sparkle alive in your marriage. Max’s parents, Larissa and Steven Hurley, are awfully proud of the way their handsome sixth-grade son takes charge of his baby sister, Willa, freeing his parents up for a night at the movies and a short dinner that gets them home by 9 o’clock. As long as they pay him $5. An hour.
You can read Max’s five steps for saving your marriage here. Thanks, Max!
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010: DON’T BE AFRAID OF A LITTLE SOAP AND WATER
We know you’re busy, we know. It’s hard to find the time or even the motivation to get your hair cut when you spend most of your day picking oatmeal out of it. But before you slide any further down the slippery slope of Mt. Sexy, we’d like you to take a look at our latest post, The Beauty Secrets of Famous Moms. Sure, those celebrimoms may have an army of stylists at their disposal, but don’t despair at your lack of millions, or the fact that your husband or partner rolls away from you at night to spoon with the dog. There are so many simple lessons to be learned from the rich and beautiful among us! What’s Gwyneth’s beauty secret? “It’s all about choices. I choose to make time for a full loofah scrub-down and Swedish massage every morning,” pouts Paltrow, “but you could maybe take a washcloth to those armpits once a week.” Seriously. Phew.
July 29, 2010, AND SOME WISDOM FROM GENERATIONS PAST
This week we are pleased to introduce a guest columnist, Mrs. Robert G. Wrightson. We found Mrs. Wrightson, 99, gathering dust in a mid-level Kansas City nursing home. Her loving family may or may not have abandoned her, we’re not actually sure what the story is there. However it happened, her folksy wisdom might have been lost forever had we not cleared the cobwebs from between her ears and siphoned out the vast experience in marriage and child-rearing she had gathered over the past century. Mrs. Wrightson outlived four husbands and was the mother of three strapping boys and twin girls who grew up to be successful atheists. Mrs. Wrightson never regretted the fact that her children never met their father(s), even though they were all pediatricians and might have helped the children avoid rickets.
Click here to marvel at Mrs. Wrightson’s timeless — and timely! — advice.