2. OK, and it’s not super-parent-y, but we’re guessing some of you saw the Golden Globes last night? We continue to adore Michelle Williams and love that she mostly just shouted out her daughter with her acceptance speech and thanked her for letting her read bedtime stories in a Marilyn Monroe voice for six months. And speaking of thanking kids, we thought Peter Dinklage was pretty sweet to be stressed about his baby’s first night with a sitter. What were the other highlights for you? We liked anything Kate Winslet, Claire Danes’s dress and of course, Tina Fey’s nomination photobomb of Amy Poehler. (Poehler should have won!) Read more...
Ever have one of those days when you doubt your parenting skills? That’s what they invented Toddlers and Tiaras for, so you can always know that there are far worse moms than you. Check out this clip of a pageant mom forcing her daughter to get her eyebrows waxed. Then go call your mom and let her know she did a good job raising you. Via Huffington Post.
Did you watch the Golden Globes last night? Are you an armchair fashion critique? Lots of great family fun-type news from last night’s show: Toy Story 3 won Best Animated Feature Film and since an animated film is likely to be a good family film, we’re thrilled that there didn’t seem to be any filler-nominations in the whole category. Are clever and beautiful kid-appropriate movies that don’t bore parents to tears the new standard? (We’re aware awesome family movies have been around for a while, but it often seems like there’s one or two good ones each year, then a bunch of duds.)
Emily Matchar on Salon writes about her recent obsession with Mormon mom blogs. One of the bloggers she follows, Natalie Holbrook, of Nat the Fat Rat explains it thusly: “It seems that a lot of popular culture wants to portray marriage and motherhood as demeaning, restrictive or simple, but in the LDS church, motherhood is a very important job, and it’s treated with a lot of respect.” Consider our interest piqued!
Are you our Facebook fan? If you’re not, you missed out on our discovery of Awkward Pregnancy Photos. Pregnant Chicken curated this awesome, awesome gallery from Awkward Family Photos. We decided it was so good we had to post it again on the website. But join our Facebook group so you don’t miss any more fabulous internet finds!
Do you want parenting advice from Whitney Houston? Of course you do!! Babble collected nuggets of parenting wisdom from 25 celebrities, including Tina Fey, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Hugh Jackman. Angelina’s advice was disappointingly sensible. And Ms. Houston’s – “I think it’s a very important thing to allow our children to express themselves.”
Huffington Post blogger Jeanne Ponessa Fratello, has five tips to keep your kids eating healthy over the holidays. She advocates for routine and an abundance of parent-approved foods while not being militant about it at all. So… gingerbread + royal icing + smarties ≠balanced meal? Read more...
