Anna Quindlen On Motherhood Today And The 'Long, Long Email' She Got From Her Daughter

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

'I Don't Think We Demand Enough'

Mothers everywhere feel like they know Anna Quindlen. And they feel that Anna knows them. She was, in effect, a mom blogger before there was an Internet, writing about the joys and isolation of new motherhood in weekly installments in her "Life in the 30s" column for the New York Times.

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BLOG POSTS

	William Lucas Walker: Spilled Milk: In My Room To my children this is and always will be Mimi and Pop's House. To me -- regardless of my current address -- it's home, the place I feel safest. Returning is one of my great pleasures in life.
	Darell Hammond: Dangerous Playgrounds Are Good for Your Kids We as a country have taken playground safety too far. We have crossed the line from common sense to that murky "What if?" territory in which we imagine every conceivable accident.
	Shannon Bradley-Colleary: Am I Okay if My Kids Are Gay? That night, while I was lying in bed next to my tomboy after we read our book, she said, "You know Mommy, I don't like it when you say things like 'Oh, he's got to be gay' about William Levy."
	Rick Newman: Why Your Kid Isn't Creative Give kids the freedom to discover something they truly love, while making sure they know it takes diligence and grit to succeed at their passion.
	Alex McCord: Moms Playing with Boy Toys (Boy's Toys)? Life is short, and childhood even shorter. Besides, Legos are really, really fun to build.