Archive: Guest Blogs
A Web Site for the Professional Aunt
By Sharon McLoone washingtonpost.com staff writer Mothers spend about $1.7 trillion annually on consumer products, but mothers are only about 50 percent of women in the United States. What about the other 50 percent? Chances are moms and dads leave their kids in the care of this group more than...
By Ju-Don Roberts | August 18, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (32)
Ten of Cinema's Most Clueless Parents
Today, Jen Chaney -- washingtonpost.com movies editor, DVD columnist and mother to an 18-month-old -- weighs in with a guest post. There was a moment in the often over-the-top, doobie-filled comedy "Pineapple Express" that I found impossible to believe. It wasn't the fact that Danny McBride's character survived multiple gunshot...
By Jen Chaney | August 15, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (94)
Lesson From My Mother
By Ju-Don Marshall Roberts There are many lessons I've learned in my 11 years as a mom, but the biggest has been learning to forgive my own mother for all the flaws my rebellious teenage self once condemned her for. Back then, I had a litany of complaints. Like most...
By Ju-Don Roberts | May 9, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Along for the Ride
Welcome to On Parenting's occasional guest blog feature, where we welcome parenting bloggers from around the Web. If you'd like to join the guest blogging party here at On Parenting, please e-mail parenting@washingtonpost.com. By Amy Bowman Preparing for the arrival of your first child is one of the most exhilarating...
By Stacey Garfinkle | April 29, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Bunching Up Babies
Welcome to On Parenting's occasional guest blog feature, where we welcome parenting bloggers from around the Web. If you'd like to join the guest blogging party here at On Parenting, please e-mail parenting@washingtonpost.com. By Linda Kerr A friend -- who recently had her second baby just 19 months after her...
By Stacey Garfinkle | April 21, 2008; 07:15 AM ET | Comments (61)
Computer Time for All Ages
Welcome to On Parenting's occasional guest blog feature, where we welcome parenting bloggers from around the Web. If you'd like to join the guest blogging party here at On Parenting, please e-mail parenting@washingtonpost.com. By Leticia Barr Since I began writing about children and technology, I've been asked many questions. One...
By Stacey Garfinkle | April 15, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (13)
The Ways Children Change You
Welcome to On Parenting's new occasional guest blog feature, where we welcome parenting bloggers from around the Web. If you'd like to join the guest blogging party here at On Parenting, please e-mail parenting@washingtonpost.com. By Jessica Trevelyan Children change you. For me, they've changed the way I see the world....
By Stacey Garfinkle | April 8, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (59)
