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A Few Super-Fun New Kids’ Products, Because We All Need Ideas

My son, attending a Zoom meeting with his class.

(This went exactly as well as you think it did.)

First of all, I have got to encourage you to watch Jimmy Fallons home broadcasts, because for reals, he is all of us trying to work from home right now.

We need allllll the child-entertaining things. Tomorrow morning, Ill be Skype-ing live into KTLA and talking about a few fun new kids products, so I thought Id post them here for you guys, too.

Plus-Plus Big 90-Piece Set ($29.99): This massive...

I Made Wine In My Instant Pot

What, like thats weird?

A few weeks ago, in a moment of tremendous prescience, I found myself wondering, Hm. What would I do if, say, I were to find myself confined to my home for an extended period of time during which I would be expected to work full-time while simultaneously home-schooling two young children?

The answer, of course, would be to drink.

But then I wondered, What if, during this sudden home confinement with piles of work and wildly restless small monsters, I also found myself...

I Have Alopecia (A Post By My Mom)

A year ago, my moms hair fell out. All of it, seemingly out of nowhere. I am so grateful to her for telling her story here.

I used to have really pretty hair. Then suddenly it was gone. All of it. I should feel sad. Or angry. Or something. But I dont.

In early January 2018, my hair started to fall out. Every morning when I brushed my hair, I would end up holding handfuls of it. After a week or so, I went to my hairdresser. She confirmed I was suffering some hair loss, and artfully arranged...

Handling Shared Custody In the Era of Coronavirus: All Your Questions, Answered by Professionals

I woke up this morning to the news that all of California has been put under shelter-in-place restrictions, wherein residents are only permitted to leave their homes for essentials. This news is understandably jarring for a bunch of reasons, but it poses some additional questions for those of us who share custody of children with another human being who is not, currently, sheltered in the same place.

As withoh, everything else, this is an unprecedented situation, with no hard-and-fast...

Home School

The little schoolhouse I put together late last night because anxiety = insomnia.

Remember the other day, when I posted that it was okay to handle this in whatever g-d way you want? My way is apparently to become a scheduling beast. Now, to be clear, that doesnt mean that Im sticking to the the schedule I put together for us hard-and-fast Ive been adjusting daily based on sleep/energy/mood but it is unbelievably helpful to be able to point to a piece of paper hanging on the wall and say...

How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Your Tech During This Dystopian Nightmare

Folk Rebellion founder Jess Davis has made a career of urging people to find meaningful connections through creativity in this screened-in world and now seems like a better time to listen to her advice than ever.  Sign up for Folk Rebellions newsletter here. (And because its topical, just a reminder that The Big Activity Book for Digital Detox is now available for pre-order.)

The world is suddenly very, very, VERRRRRRRYYYYYYonline.

Yup. Sure! Theres many ways tech is helping us all cope,...

Stand Still

We awaken every day to a fresh batch of news stories, all speaking to us of a new reality that would have sounded impossible the stuff of sci-fi stories just a week (a day?) ago. We open our inboxes and scroll through a steady stream of messages from businesses, family, friends, all offering tips! and tricks! on how to deal with our new circumstances. This morning, one such email advised me to take advantage of this time to learn a new language. Another suggested that I start doing online...

8 Easy, Freeze-able Soups For Cozy Evenings At Home

Time to get cozy

Yesterday, while I was journeying back into the country with my parents, my wonderful friend went to the store to pick up some basics for the kids and me (Im self-quarantining for 14 days because I just flew internationally, so am hoping to avoid grocery stores for the duration). Alas, those basics were as you know in ludicrously short supply.

Milk? Nope but there was one lonely container of chocolate milk! And now it is mine.

Meat? Bread? Pasta? Please.

Soooook.  I have...

Resources To Keep Your Family (Mostly) Sane During School Closures (UPDATED DAILY)

Im still out of the country were in an area that so far has had no issues getting back to the US, so Im coming home tomorrow, on the day we originally plannedbut I think it goes without saying that I hadnt exactly planned on coming home to this. Our school district like so many of yours has announced that itll be closed at least though the end of April, and if the issues that these closures present for a work-at-home-mother such as myself are overwhelming, I can only imagine what so many...

How To Make An Original Cayman Islands Mudslide

Lunch.

Ive never been a huge fan of Mudslides. I acknowledge this is an unpopular opinion, its justyou know, if I want ice cream, I want ice cream. If I want a cocktail, I dont want to add hundreds of calories to it; Id rather have the cocktailand then, maybe later on, have ice cream that doesnt taste like alcohol. You know?

But apparently real Mudslides by which I mean the ones made where the drink was invented, The Wreck on Grand Caymans Rum Point dont have any ice cream in them at all....