Good morning fellow moms, dads and caregivers! How are you this morning?
I am about to run errands in preparation for Ari's birthday party. He turned 6 on Monday, but we are celebrating with our closest family and friends today.
In the meantime, here is some news we discussed over at MotherTalkers this week:
When is it appropriate -- if ever -- to stop hovering over your children's finances? Excellent financial columnist Michelle Singletary wrote about this topic over at the Washington Post.
I recently asked for advice on potty-training. I have a 2.5-year-old daughter who will start preschool in the fall and I am unsure when or how to start. A father over at the Daddy Dialectic blog used stickers as an incentive.
Newsweek published a couple of studies on parenting. One had to do with how reasoning with your children as opposed to barking commands gives them cognitive advantages. The other one showed that children do indeed make married couples happy.
MotherTalkers contributor "brave" reviewed the memoir Lucky Girl and interviewed author Mei-Ling Hopgood.
If you can stand another tawdry health insurance story, a toddler was denied healthcare coverage because she was too small, according to the TODAY Show.
We had a long discussion about the mom who was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight because of her rambunctious toddler. The airline later apologized to the mother, but many commenters in threads across the blogosphere were sympathetic towards the airline.
Disney is offering a full refund for its Baby Einstein DVDs. It has been accused of overselling the products as "educational."
Finally, we checked in with each other to see how the school year is going. Ari likes kindergarten most of the time so no complaints on my end. How is the new school year going for you?
What else is in the news? What's up with you?