Oh, of course, I’m happy to share! I am having a hard time feeling like I’m not old before my time right now, and accepting limitations, so it’s always helpful for me to hear from others and share!

I was just diagnosed in March. By that time I was a classical fibromyalgia patient but my first symptom as an adult six years ago or so was back pain, specifically my upper to mid back. I had had an injury that I thought was to blame, but probably merely set it off. Even now, the trigger points around my shoulder…

Thank you for bringing this up. I absolutely believe this is a central reason for why common core is so difficult for so many teachers and parents. It's not my field — I'm in early childhood education — but I can speak from experience that my own math education was so poor I didn't truth understand place value until I…

When my daughter was an infant one of my student’s parents gave us a hand knit bunny from Peru. Very thoughtful, very cute bunny, very expensive. (We looked into getting another one because my daughter loved it and we though it might become THE lovie. My wife saw the price and was all YOU LOSE IT AND YOU ARE OUT OF…

No edit button: JFS.

I think it absolutely would. If it were JFF and Jonathan Franzen this article would exist. I have no doubt.

Yes! This! I always wish someone would bring this up in discussions about Leo. He can be whatever he wants, but he was bedding Sarah Lawrence boys back in my day there, before Titanic.

I did not have PPA but I did have PPD. So it’s not completely the same, but I understand how extreme everything feels. The thoughts and mood never go away. I am sure putting one foot in front of the other right now is exhausting.

Hi! So I’m relatively new to Jez and mostly a lurker (kind of shy that way), but I always try to read your updates on SNS because you are working so hard for your daughter and I think you deserve all the support in the world, even if it’s just an internet stranger listening to your story.

Like Virgina Is for Fighters I absolutely understand where you are coming from.

I agree with this and your post below by a million. At least your K program tries to be a bridge between preschool and 1st. In my city Kindergarten is, in my opinion, pretty rigorous. There is nothing soft about it.

I don’t run a full time program — I am the director for a half day preschool — but costs are enormous. To name a few:

I wouldn’t usually comment, but as a preschool director I just wanted to say that play-based curriculum has lots of firmly backed research behind it. In my experience (13 years), any good program worth its salt is play based. I don’t know what your center uses specifically, though, of course, and that makes a…

Yes! Every time we watch Veep we talk about how great she looks! I think she looks even better with age. She is gorgeous.

In my admittedly limited understanding, I think there is an argument that the prosecution really didn't have a choice about Furman. If they hadn't had him testify the defense would have had a field day with asking why not — as if the prosecution was hiding something. It was lose-lose for them. Furman was meticulously…

I’ve wondered how Gwynnie Bee is — good to know! I’ve had to upscale my wardrobe for a new job and have done eBay but even then can only afford a few pieces. Even one dress a week I could rotate would make a big difference for me.

I know! I always think it’s so interesting! She has all these other traits like being messy and “not seeing” mess, not quite thinking things through all the way with the kid, etc. that lots of women see in their male partners. I think some of it is personality and some is definitely cultural. I think most…

Your feelings are valid! And it’s not like you just lobbed the kit at him and told him good luck, you taught him how to do it!

We buy Honest but resent the hell out of it because our daughter suddenly developed sensitive skin around 18 months and literally every other diaper caused horrible diaper rash if she was wet for even 5 seconds in them. Up until then we used Pampers. We don't believe for one second they are any greener or whatever…

At FOUR? They sure are NOT mutually exclusive. People, author included, are ascribing a lot of malicious intent to a four year old. I’ve been a preschool teacher and director for 14 years. Based on what is being described there are any number of reasons or issues he could be having, most notably impulse control or, if…