http://www.thedailystar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_061041514.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_061041514.html The only problem with this column-writing gig is that there are weeks when my life is not very interesting. I don't know if it's a late-winter funk or a rare calm spot before a storm, but it's been quiet around here. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_033041531.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_033041531.html This weekend made it official. We have entered the season of snot. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_005041524.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_005041524.html Given my shorter-than-short attention span, I've never found New Year's resolutions to be especially useful. Plus, now that my memory is crammed with the minutia of the kids' lives _ like where mittens are, current shoe sizes and who is allergic to penicillin _ I can't remember anything about my own life anymore. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:00:59 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_314041516.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_314041516.html We knew it couldn't last. Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:56 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_286041518.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_286041518.html I don't know how he does it. Somehow, within the span of an eyeblink, the Dude goes from a relatively clean 2-year-old boy to the living embodiment of Peanuts' Pigpen. The Dude and dirt are attracted to each other like politicians and pork. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:55 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_258041519.html http://www.thedailystar.com/parenting/local_story_258041519.html Given that I write these columns two weeks before they hit print, by the time you read this, the angst will have passed.