Rugrat reprieve: here's a collection of all of our articles filed under rugrat reprieve |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Threesome: Why Mommy and Daddy Need a Special Helper
By Rachael Brownell
The concept of threesomes has been employed by unhappy spouses (or marriage partners with superior imaginations, depending on your view) since time immemorial. As an antidote to the occasional doldrums of monogamy, it seems perfectly wise and preferable...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Home for Wayward Mothers
By Rachael Brownell
Some signs that you might be becoming a wayward mother:
You laugh in derision at everything your partner suggests about childcare, politics, or anything.
The thought of running away somewhere with a young Italian manny begins to seem...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Spring is in Their Hair: The Joys of Making Them Play Outside
By Rachael Brownell
In my neck of the woods weather is relatively mild, but even so, the rain and mist and gory grey makes a person (no matter how tall) want to curl up with a good Diego episode and eat a cookie.
With all the evidence that our kids are the fattest, least...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Now We Are Six: Why Older Children Rule
By Rachael Brownell
When it comes to babies, parents are given a predictable list of things they should attempt in order to keep healthy and well-rested: sleep when baby does, go to bed early, sleep late, get enough exercise and fresh air, sufficient time alone and time...read more |
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It Takes a City and a State
By Rachael Brownell
We are grandparent rich in my house. What with the remarriages and divorces and remarriages and reconfigurations, we’re a regular people soup of a family. While I occasionally still feel guilty that I wasn’t able to keep everything all nuclear...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
How to Enjoy Your Holidays without Going to a Home
By Rachael Brownell
Nothing says “dream on about having any time ‘off’, sucker” like the holidays. The perfect storm of in-laws, family, food preparation, alcohol, simmering resentment and lead-filled statuary, Thanksgiving and Christmas (or Xmas,...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
The Ultimate Rugrat Reprieve
By Rachael Brownell
For parents with younger than school-age children, the concept of school readiness can evoke nervous hand wringing in even the most laid-back, no-toys-in-the-living-room among us. Measuring how our kids do or don’t jive with expectations of various...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Fantasy Vacations
By Rachael Brownell
Is it possible to take a truly restful vacation with children under 10 years old (and more than one of them)? Perhaps, though I think it involves 10 nannies, a hotel suite with separate bedrooms for each child, and vats of whine wine.
Sometimes I like...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
Rest here for a minute.
By Rachael Brownell
Signs that it might be time to have a Mommy Break include but are not limited to:
Laughing inappropriately when your kids get hurt, hoping your husband trips on the wet towel he left on the floor, burgeoning rage when you see that someone moved your...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
This one's for the boys.
By Rachael Brownell
Fathers are frequently under-appreciated hardworking, dishes-cleaning-up, bottle-getting, paycheck-bringing-home sports-watching, wife-angering confused-heads. Honestly, you could not pay me enough to swap my lady bits for a man package… no matter...read more |
| Category: Columnists | Rugrat Reprieve
It’s Hot. It’s Tired. It’s Summer.
By Rachael Brownell
Let’s say (hypothetically) that your kids are bored, hot, and eating too much junk food and watching too much television this Summer. You’ve used all your vacation time and don’t have the money to take time off of work to go to the beach,...read more |
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