Category Archives: Kids

How much gun talk is normal for kids?

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Friends, here is my parenting column this week: A few weeks ago, I called a friend of mine who has four sons. I was desperate for advice about an issue I never expected to come up in our house: Guns. … Continue reading →

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Is this wrong?

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. That’s a question I have been asking myself lately. Not about the obvious things (Is it wrong to sign up for a race on crap training? Yes. Is it wrong to keep my coworker’s compression socks for all … Continue reading →

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Parenting: When your son learns to ride a bike

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. Here is my column for this week’s paper: My son learned to ride a two-wheel bike this past week. Without training wheels. On the third trip down the driveway. He’s 4.5 years old. I don’t remember exactly how … Continue reading →

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On crying babies

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

This is my column for this weekend’s paper: One night when my daughter, Genevieve, was about 6 or 7 months old, my neighbors came to babysit so my husband and I could go out to dinner. We hadn’t had many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bedtime, Genevieve, Kids, Sleep habits | 4 Comments

More kid talk

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. I like to make sure to write down the funny stuff Jack and Viv have been saying because, as my dad reminds me weekly, I will forget. He tells me, “They’re going to ask you one day about … Continue reading →

Posted in Genevieve, Jack, Kids | 3 Comments

Overthinking it

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. Sometimes, you need to just take a deep breath. Step back. Or get someone to slap you across the face and tell you to, “Snap out of it, woman!” which is sort of where I am. Last night … Continue reading →

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Talking Viv

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. So, Viv is 2. She really didn’t talk much until she was about 15 months old, and then it was like nonstop full sentences. She has a TON of personality. And she is really bossy. (I don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Genevieve, Kids | 4 Comments

Write this down

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Fartmouth. Fart. Mouth. That is what Jack called me the other day. “Jack! That is a naughty word, and we don’t say that!” It’s also very … descriptive. And creative. And funny. I had to turn away because I was … Continue reading →

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Currently reading: “The Flame Alphabet”

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy, friends. This is what I’m starting next: Here is a NYTimes review. And here is an NPR review. I don’t know anything about Ben Marcus, but reading the reviews of this book and his other works makes him sound … Continue reading →

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Autism and autoimmune disorders

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Jacqueline Palfy Klemond

Howdy friends. Here is a pretty interesting op-ed piece from the New York Times about autism and autoimmune diseases. And here is a response from Autism Speaks, which is hosting a web chat tomorrow about it all. And here we … Continue reading →

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