Perhaps your child, like mine, is mildly obsessed with coffee: coffee drinks, coffee ice cream, coffee-flavored confections. When D was younger and asked for tastes of coffee—something I drink occasionally—I told her, “The caffeine will stunt your growth, and you need all the help you can get.” (We’re not the tallest family.) As D entered […]
Tag: preteens
Tween Halloween: Frights for Scary Movie Nights
Halloween is beloved by our family. Before D came along, my partner and I used to host an annual Scary Movie Night in October. Being somewhat of a horror film aficionado, he would lovingly handpick an often obscure, always creepy Halloween flick to show a small group of friends. Once we had a toddler running […]