2023-05-03 20:00
Once upon a time, a writer launched a blog. And a blog launched a writer. There are a lot of parallels between parenting and writing. To borrow from my welcome page, it’s true of both… Read More
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In this blog, I share my experiences of parenting and living with my interfaith, interracial family formed by biology and adoption.
2018-06-01 15:12
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” So entreats the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, overlooking the place where immigrants… Read More
2018-04-02 12:58
Hello! It’s been a long time. What’s been going on with you? On my end? Let’s see: I became the parent of two teenagers. (Tips on survival welcome.) I completed another dra… Read More
2017-12-10 19:15
Uncharted Parent will be back in January 2018! Gee, I wonder if there’s anything to talk about? Enjoy your holidays, and I’ll see you here soon Read More
2017-01-12 14:47
This would be easier if my kids were younger. Yes, little kids are perceptive, but it’s possible to paste a smile on your face for them when necessary. You can watch anima… Read More
2017-01-12 14:47
This would be easier if my kids were younger. Yes, little kids are perceptive, but it’s possible to paste a smile on your face for them when necessary. You can watch animated movies wi… Read More
2016-12-23 17:21
This is a time of warmth and cheer for many people, hot cocoa and fireplaces, friends, family, candelabras, Christmas trees and latkes. It brings happiness to many, sadness to others, probab… Read More
2016-12-06 12:00
Remember the old days—you know, October—when you didn’t need to care about the news if you didn’t want to? Those days are over. Even if you preferred to stay away fro… Read More
2016-11-22 19:21
I’ve been absent for a while for health reasons. After Nov. 8, there was also the electoral shock into numbness. Finally, I wrote this. I hope to be back on a regular basis now. In my… Read More
2016-09-11 16:39
Fifteen years later, and this day still brings tears to my eyes. I’ll never forget the terror of that day. I’ll never forget the fear of something beginning, something unknown an… Read More
2016-09-07 12:00
We did it. We survived a week without screens—more or less. The week before school began, our household—consisting of two adults, one fourteen-year-old male, one eleven-year-old… Read More
2016-08-24 12:00
Every summer, we pick one week to go screen-free. For one week, I get to see my children’s faces as opposed to the tops of their heads. I speak to them and they reply with words, not g… Read More
2016-08-11 20:32
One comment. Someone made an ignorant comment about adoption, giving no thought to the consequences of his words. Hey, it happens all the time. Maybe the particular subjects of the comment w… Read More
2016-08-03 20:56
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Don’t ask which elephant. You know exactly what I’m talking about. I mean the elephant causing all the other elephants secretly t… Read More
2016-07-27 17:53
Hi there. It’s been a while. I hope you haven’t been waiting for me this whole time. Good. Glad to hear it. After all, you have your own family, your own responsibilities, y… Read More
2016-04-14 15:21
That’s not the actual question my fourteen-year-old son asked me recently, though it may as well have been. We were traveling in the car (so often, it’s in the car), he was sitti… Read More
2016-03-30 12:00
To: Our humans Fr: The cats, Spaghetti and Meatball Da: As long as it takes Re: Your step Over the Line __________________________ WTF? There can be only two possible explanations for what y… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I’m going to be away for a few weeks due to a death in […] Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I love reading. I can’t wait to pick up my next book, o […] Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
There’s such a thing as marijuana candy? Yes, there is. […] Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Hello, middle age? I’d like my right eyelid back. Not t […] Read More
2016-03-15 12:00
Last week, a headline from an NPR story caught my eye: “Should Kids Watch the GOP Debates?” I consider this one of the easiest questions asked throughout our electoral process. A… Read More
2016-03-02 12:00
For the adoptive parent looking for a map: there isn’t one. Our kids come with stories that predate their entries into our families, and we have to raise those stories alongside the ki… Read More
2016-02-18 14:10
I’ve been making an effort lately to spend less time on social media. Twitterholic that I am, I find it just takes up too much time that I could be spending writing, enjoying friends a… Read More
2016-02-11 03:00
It happens every presidential election cycle. National and even international media gather in New Hampshire for the first-in-the-nation primary, and if you move, you’re apt to be inter… Read More
2016-02-04 19:47
How many adults don’t participate in politics at any level because they think, “What’s the point?” And how many kids learn powerlessness in the face of government bur… Read More
2016-01-28 03:30
Tonight I attended the high school curriculum meeting for the parents of next year’s ninth-grade class, which includes my fourteen-year-old son. Holy hell, when did my son get old enou… Read More
2016-01-20 12:00
Over the past several weeks, I’ve traveled out of my home state of New Hampshire a few times, and I’ve spoken with quite a few folks here who are visiting from outside the state… Read More
2016-01-14 12:00
“I want to talk to you about heroin. Our state is in the middle of a terrible epidemic.” “Did you see that story about the kid killed in that horrible crash on the h… Read More
2016-01-06 12:00
Welcome Back! I hope your holidays were a welcome respite from the craziness of the rest of the year. Or, if you like to keep things going at a good clip, I hope you eggnogged-gifted-skiied… Read More
2015-11-25 11:00
It doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving. The world feels kind of sad and scary right now, not joyous and abundant like it should when the holiday season commences. Maybe that’s appropr… Read More
2015-11-18 15:31
Nous sommes tous Parisiens maintenant. This is how it feels. We are all Parisians now. Who doesn’t want to travel to Paris, to dine in one of its abundant sidewalk cafés, attend… Read More
2015-10-28 18:51
I know: it’s painful this time around. I used to do this political and policy stuff for a living and even I’ve become cynical. Congress has become a national joke, each side thin… Read More
2015-10-21 19:43
This weekend, my son forgot his soccer cleats. We had traveled an hour away from home; there was no way to retrieve them. “The one day you don’t ask me if I’ve got every li… Read More
2015-10-14 12:00
Please welcome Peggy McKibben to Uncharted Parent. Peggy is a high school nurse, a mother of two and one of the Five Moms at StopMedicineAbuse.org. Peggy takes a proactive approach to keepin… Read More
2015-10-06 12:00
By the time we find ourselves mothers or fathers to teens, we are usually experienced parents. We’ve walked bare spots onto our floors getting babies to sleep, separated arguing siblin… Read More
2015-10-01 11:00
Welcome to Banned Books Week 2015! I love Banned Books Week, and not just for the obvious reason that it’s about books. This annual celebration is actually less about books than it&rsq&hell…Read More
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