Author Archives: Jennifer - Page 2
Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Family Values… What Will You Teach Your Child About Money?
What are your values? How about your financial values? Are they queer? Or just, you know, sensible? I've been thinking a lot, during these sleepless nights of new parenthood, about…
Summer Vacation without Financial Frustration: Family Holidays on the Cheap
Gas prices are hitting four bucks, airfares are sky-high, the economy is crashing to the ground, and the kids are bleating, 'œWhen are we going on vacation?' With a recession…
Blinded by the White (Zinc Oxide): Cheap and Safe Ways to Protect Your Kids from the Sun
Thanks to global warming, it's already hit 80 degrees a few times here in DC. My daughter loves being outdoors, but with skin cancer rates rising nationwide, and with her…
Pink & Green Parenting: Good News on the Pink (Onesies), Bad News on the Green (BPA Bottles)
Here are a few updates that might be useful to those of you who have been reading this column. In a previous post, I expressed my angst about having purchased…
Queerfriends and New Babies: Five Ways Childless Queers Can Help New Parents
Several of my friends just became new parents. They're overjoyed and overwhelmed'¦ especially by the costs! Here are some ways that you can help a friend who has either adopted…
Rainy Days and Kids Sometimes Get Me Down: 5 Cheap and Fun Rainy Day Projects
It's raining here in DC. It rained yesterday. And I'll bet it will rain tomorrow. My one-year-old is going stir-crazy; usually, we spend as much of the day outdoors as…
How to Find a Fantabulous Nanny: A Semi-cautionary Tale
So we've just gone on the market for a nanny. It's an odd business, finding a substitute mama for your baby. What is it that you're paying for, exactly? Skill?…
To Gift or Not to Gift? The Ethics of Giving and Getting for Kids
Are you an anti-materialistic parent like me?Do you eschew gifts'”giving and /or getting them---for kids' birthday parties? Well, you're part of a trend. Lots of parents are trying to deescalate…
Pink & Green Parenting: Of Toxins, Organics, and the Costs of Lax Labeling
Buried in this week's headlines about the election, sex scandals, and so on, was this item: 'œToxins Found in Leading Organic Brands'. Upsetting, no? New tests show that known (and…
Pink & Green Parenting: DIY Shower Gifts
It's finally spring, which means'¦ it's baby shower season. I'm up to my ears in showers; I have four friends who are so pregnant they're about to pop, and one…