The other day Don Boudreaux critiqued this interview described by NPR: Innovations like the washing machine may have made housework easier — but by raising standards of cleanliness, they also created more work. NPR’s Susan Stamberg concludes her series on leisure by exploring the history of housework with historian Susan Strasser. In my aggregator I […]
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The grass was greener yesterday when I had to mow it with scissors
August 30th, 2004 · Comments Off on The grass was greener yesterday when I had to mow it with scissors
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My primate for life
August 26th, 2004 · Comments Off on My primate for life
Ted is teaching Abigail how to use chopsticks.
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The click
August 26th, 2004 · Comments Off on The click
One of the great pleasures of parenting has been watching my children learn. Kids don’t come preprogrammed and they don’t know much when they are born. It’s wonderful to teach them, and to see the synapses connect. Not that I’m monitoring their mental activities with MRI. But there are moments in time when it’s clear […]
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It’s difficult to blog and watch the Olympics at the same time
August 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
Did I mention the additional distraction of sitting on the sofa next to my husband? This is the first time in our twelve years of marriage that we have watched the Summer Olympics (we didn’t have tv capability until 2002). The past few nights we’ve let the girls see a few events before bedtime, and […]
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How to determine whether your family is ready for a road trip
August 15th, 2004 · 5 Comments
Here are 15 (scientifically-proven!) ways to determine whether your family is ready for a road trip: You can satsify the equation V > S where V = volume of vehicle to be taken on the road trip and S = the size of the subset of wordly possessions required for the trip, including diapers, necessary […]
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