The Case For Intensive Youth Athletics vs. The Case Againstย A debate about the state of sports in our kidsโ lives right now. (For the moment, we are just trying to figure out how to curb the Nike habit.)
Ten Ways to Clean Your Kitchen Less. Confession: I donโt actually care about the tips. For me, itโs all about the color of the cabinets.
Cooking: Anti-Feminist Trap or Ultimate Expression of a Motherโs Love?ย The daughter of a feminist, who has lived both sides, weighs in.
Serena Williams, LeBron James, and Peyton Manning arenโt just leading the pack in their respective sports, theyโre leading the pack in endorsement deals with junk food products. ย (I mean, really, how hard would it be to just endorse the National Orange Growers Association?)
Oh my goodness, this might just be my Super Bowl.
Does ethical parenting exist? Even if this is the quintessential New York story, itโs still an irresistible read. (And as a soccer mom, the annotation all the way to the right of the opening image made me laugh out loud.)
Jimmy Kimmelโs genius solution to the iOS 7 โnauseaโ problem.
My ten-year-old is loving this.
My eleven-year-old is loving this.
I am pre-ordering this.
Best Parenting Tip Ever. My facebook followers will have seen this already, but itโs so good I need to make sure as many people as possible get the message.
The Weekly Conundrum: What movie do I show to a bunch of 10-year-old girls that they havenโt already seen ten thousand times? Suggestions welcome! (Old-school choices encouraged.)
I am delighted to be part of thisย healthy lifestyle panelย next month. New Yorkers: Get your tickets and come say hello!
From Andy:
This song, which I just now discovered, and which immediately became my Fall Anthem.
Donna Tarttโs new bookย which I ordered and which, if the reviews can be trusted, is gonna make the next few weeks worth living.
This interviewย for publishing nerds out there.
What Iโm going to drink tonight, courtesy of our pals in Portland, Maine. If you like gin, this stuff is off the hook.
Last night, Jenny agreed to watch The Wire, breaking a five-year stalemate, which is both thrilling (like sharing the best book ever with someone) and also scary (what if she hates it?). Iโm gonna do the whole series again, right along with her. Join us!
Movie choice โ Pretty in Pink or The Breakfast Club?
Love that parenting tip, thanks!
Since they canโt watch The Wire with you, what about Clue? Of course, thereโs always Monster Squad, Stand by Me, Hocus Pocus, The Goonies, Gremlins, any of the Indiana Jones seriesโฆ
my favorite movie when i was ten was โadventures in babysittingโ and โtroop everly hills.โ i still
love them both.
http://semiweeklyeats.blogspot.com/2013/10/rainy-weekend.html
Great roundup and interesting reading. Love the Times article about the kitchen and feel exactly the same way.
Show them The Fantastic Mr. Fox! One of my favorites, and for some reason it seems like no one else has seen it. (Perk: youโll love it too!)
I second the Adventures in Babysitting idea. Back to the Future. The Adventures of Natty Gann. Are they old enough for the Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles stuff? Princes Bride. You are soccer people, have you seen Bend it like Beckham? This might be hard to findโฆ Shag. My sisters and I watched it when we were teens about a million times. Search for a clip on youtube.
My favorite movies at that age were Mrs. Doubtfire, High Fidelity, and That Thing You Do. Still love them, actually!
I watched the original โParent Trapโ (Hayley Mills, not Lindsay Lohan) with my kids (9 and 5) this summer and they both LOVED it. I think we watched it three days in a row. But the suggestion of โTroop Beverly Hillsโ above is amazing. I will be watching that again very soon!
Girls just Wanna Have Fun
Tootsie
I love The Wire. I came to it late (i.e. 2 months ago) so making my way through the DVDs I borrow from the library. I think it gets better every season (on season 3 now).
I second the original Parent Trap. I remember watching the Sound of Music obsessively one year but I may have been a bit older.
The Adams Family or Hocus Pocus (if itโs autumny enough around where you liveโฆ) ?
The Secret Garden ? But Andy, you might cry watching this oneโฆ I know my dad didโฆ
Thank you for the wonderful (as always) round up! I especially enjoyed the NYT piece about cooking and being a feminist!
Movie ideas: Candleshoe; Troop Beverly Hills (though there are 4-letter words randomly sprinkled throughout); Monster House is holiday-appropriate and actually legitimately spooky; and, if they havenโt already seen it, Gremlins is another Halloween-friendly flick.
We recently began The Wire here as well, after seriously 4 yrs of arguing. ๐ Itโs kinda ok. HA HA HA! Makes my husband crazy when I say that.
DONNA TARTT has a new book???? Oh you made my life. The Secret History is in my alltime Top 10.
My girls loved Stardust and The Neverending Story. This weekend we will try Labyrinth.
I LOVED The Babysitters Club Movie. And I second the Sound of Music.
I was going to suggest Clue too. That was my favorite slumber party movie growing up!
Movie choice: โBack to the Futureโโฆthe kids laugh at the stuff we thought was new and cool in the 1980โs. The stuff from the 50โs they think is retro and cool!!!
You are SO lucky to be starting the Wire โ I still miss it and watched the last episode over a year ago. The National Lampoon movies? (some are 15โs but some not, I think.) They surprised me by not being awful at all.
Might I suggest The Witches? An English and Dahl classic, itโs just scary enough for the season. Or The Labyrinth with D. Bowie โ so good.
Loving the movie choices! Brings me right back to childhood/early teen years.
It hasnโt been mentioned yet, so if they havenโt seen it already I vote for Splash. Loved that movie as a kid.
Let us know what you decide!
That panel you are on sounds like MY Super Bowl. Too bad I donโt live in NY. ๐
Loved the ethical parenting article โ the perfect nap time read, thank you!
Freaky Friday, National Velvet, Sound of Music, Ghostbusters
Ryan Bingham, be still my heart. I too loved Adventures in Babysitting, maybe more like 11 or 12 years old though? I can still dance through the opening sequence ๐ And (itโs kind of terrible but was a slumber party favorite in my youth) โ Canโt Buy Me Love โฆ