”Mom, I need a modern room.” I first heard those words about nine years ago when our oldest son was inhabiting the former baby nursery (think periwinkle paint and sweet images of childhood on the walls). At first he was satisfied to just get his own digs when his youngest brother vacated the place. But one day [...]
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First visit to IKEA
Posted in Design, Parenthood, tagged IKEA on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bonding in the aisles of Target
Posted in American culture, Parenthood, tagged college drop-off, Retail, Target on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The day before we left our newly minted college freshman son at university, we made the ubiquitous Target run in his chosen city, Pittsburgh. Even in a lifetime full of rich and sundry retail experiences, I never had an in-store visit that was so powerful and so….so….homogenous. Built right on the very site of the [...]
Community service? You must be daft!
Posted in American culture, Parenthood, tagged , British culture, soccer on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My fifteen-year-old just spent a week as a volunteer assistant in a local kids’ soccer camp. Why? He loves the sport and he needs 40 hours of community service to graduate from high school. Bingo. Match made in heaven. Further, when Gray was a little guy he’d had a fantastic week in this exact same [...]
Men are from Mars, Women are from Business
Posted in Parenthood, tagged Brent Bowers, women in business on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a woman in business, there is one topic I avoid addressing. Namely, women in business. Crazy, I know. Cowardly, too. But I’d rather focus on doing the best job I can, than arguing that my gender might make me different, or better, or handicapped, or special. But it’s nice to see a male journalist [...]
Irish teenagers are in it for the long haul
Posted in American culture, Irish culture, Parenthood, tagged high school graduation, Irish education on June 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
At my son’s high school graduation party, a father of three kids in their twenties asked me, “So are you ready to give him the heave ho yet?” The question was prompted by the phenomenon of many American high school seniors becoming distinctly unpleasant creatures, at least in their home environment. While living in Dublin [...]
End of the year mania
Posted in American culture, Irish culture, Parenthood, tagged high school graduation, Ijams Sargent on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s the end of the school year and I just want to get off the train. In today’s Boston Globe, Allison Ijams Sargent has a brilliant op-ed piece about the American penchant for over-celebrating the trivial (like the final karate lesson or the “graduation” of a preschool class four-year-olds). The May/June mania really struck me [...]
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