"Princess Pedestal: How Many Girls Are On One?" (Yahoo News 5/24/09) This is a must-read for all moms who are fed up with the princess mania taking over the hearts and minds of our little girls today!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_re_us/us_princess_syndrome
Hey Sammy! I love your website and the ideas for the books! Congrates! I'm entering a new stage of mommyhood. Kids are 11,13 and 14. I just went back to work and I'm now missing the ladies' lunches, tennis matches, and pedicures whenever toes need a cleaning. Is there ever a good balence? I can't wait to read your book and see if I can find any answers. xxoo Crissy
I have a friend who's an American citizen married who lives in Stockholm and is married to a Swede. She works for the U.N. and is being transferred to NYC. Her job here starts 8/1. She emailed me two weeks ago to ask my advice about where to live with 2 kids (5 and 7) -- the suburbs or in Manhattan. She wants to spend lots of time with her kids while working full time. She and her husband are looking for a "5 room apartment" in Manhattan and she's going to allow two weeks to find housing between arriving and starting work (I'm having an anxiety attack just contemplating her search). She asked me which were the "best NYC public elementary schools." Gasp again. My brain is processing all this and I'm thinking, "Pam, you have no clue what you're facing. A 5 room apt in NYC is going to cost easily $5 or $6 thousand a month, above the typical UN pay grade. Your kids need a private school in NY alas and getting in will be hard. You're going to face a choice between staggering expenses and hurdles settling in the city, or hefty commutes to and from the suburbs for good public schools, necessitating a nanny or a homemaker husband...."
This friend and her family have lived in Sweden for a decade and I am sure they've become accustomed to a work/family balance that is favorably legislated by the Swedish government. Repatriating to the U.S. is going to be a harsh awakening for a mom whose formative mothering years were spent in the European system of work and family.....
Hi Samantha,
ReplyDeleteWow, who is your web designer? She sure is awesome!
Jan
"Princess Pedestal: How Many Girls Are On One?" (Yahoo News 5/24/09)
ReplyDeleteThis is a must-read for all moms who are fed up with the princess mania taking over the hearts and minds of our little girls today!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_re_us/us_princess_syndrome
Hey Sammy!
ReplyDeleteI love your website and the ideas for the books! Congrates!
I'm entering a new stage of mommyhood. Kids are 11,13 and 14. I just went back to work and I'm now missing the ladies' lunches, tennis matches, and pedicures whenever toes need a cleaning. Is there ever a good balence? I can't wait to read your book and see if I can find any answers.
xxoo Crissy
I have a friend who's an American citizen married who lives in Stockholm and is married to a Swede. She works for the U.N. and is being transferred to NYC. Her job here starts 8/1. She emailed me two weeks ago to ask my advice about where to live with 2 kids (5 and 7) -- the suburbs or in Manhattan. She wants to spend lots of time with her kids while working full time. She and her husband are looking for a "5 room apartment" in Manhattan and she's going to allow two weeks to find housing between arriving and starting work (I'm having an anxiety attack just contemplating her search). She asked me which were the "best NYC public elementary schools." Gasp again. My brain is processing all this and I'm thinking, "Pam, you have no clue what you're facing. A 5 room apt in NYC is going to cost easily $5 or $6 thousand a month, above the typical UN pay grade. Your kids need a private school in NY alas and getting in will be hard. You're going to face a choice between staggering expenses and hurdles settling in the city, or hefty commutes to and from the suburbs for good public schools, necessitating a nanny or a homemaker husband...."
ReplyDeleteThis friend and her family have lived in Sweden for a decade and I am sure they've become accustomed to a work/family balance that is favorably legislated by the Swedish government. Repatriating to the U.S. is going to be a harsh awakening for a mom whose formative mothering years were spent in the European system of work and family.....