The Case For Intensive Youth Athletics vs. The Case Against A debate about the state of sports in our kids’ lives right now. (For the moment, we are just trying to figure out how to curb the Nike habit.)
Ten Ways to Clean Your Kitchen Less. Confession: I don’t actually care about the tips. For me, it’s all about the color of the cabinets.
Cooking: Anti-Feminist Trap or Ultimate Expression of a Mother’s Love? The daughter of a feminist, who has lived both sides, weighs in.
Serena Williams, LeBron James, and Peyton Manning aren’t just leading the pack in their respective sports, they’re leading the pack in endorsement deals with junk food products. (I mean, really, how hard would it be to just endorse the National Orange Growers Association?)
Oh my goodness, this might just be my Super Bowl.
Does ethical parenting exist? Even if this is the quintessential New York story, it’s still an irresistible read. (And as a soccer mom, the annotation all the way to the right of the opening image made me laugh out loud.)
Jimmy Kimmel’s genius solution to the iOS 7 “nausea” problem.
My ten-year-old is loving this.
My eleven-year-old is loving this.
I am pre-ordering this.
Best Parenting Tip Ever. My facebook followers will have seen this already, but it’s so good I need to make sure as many people as possible get the message.
The Weekly Conundrum: What movie do I show to a bunch of 10-year-old girls that they haven’t already seen ten thousand times? Suggestions welcome! (Old-school choices encouraged.)
I am delighted to be part of this healthy lifestyle panel next month. New Yorkers: Get your tickets and come say hello!
From Andy:
This song, which I just now discovered, and which immediately became my Fall Anthem.
Donna Tartt’s new book which I ordered and which, if the reviews can be trusted, is gonna make the next few weeks worth living.
This interview for publishing nerds out there.
What I’m going to drink tonight, courtesy of our pals in Portland, Maine. If you like gin, this stuff is off the hook.
Last night, Jenny agreed to watch The Wire, breaking a five-year stalemate, which is both thrilling (like sharing the best book ever with someone) and also scary (what if she hates it?). I’m gonna do the whole series again, right along with her. Join us!
p.s. Andy, have you seen him cover Bob Dylan? Love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sB0Xael6No
I was going to say “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” but “Troop Beverly Hills” is the best idea! I loved that movie when I was young.
You guys must have the brightest feet in all of Dobbs Ferry!
Girls Just Want to Have Fun or Troop Beverly Hills!
Troop Beverly Hills!!
The Breakfast Club is great but has a lot of language.
My vote is for The Three Amigos!
Movie suggestion: Fly Away Home
Parent Trap or Neverending Story are good…a lot of the movies others are suggesting are great but when you have other’s kids, you can have some of the language…Troop Beverly Hills, Breakfast Club, even Back to the Future. Same with Big… discouraging because they are great!
Sorry, meant to say “you can’t have some of the language that is in those films”. Good luck!
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure…both my kids absolutely love it, and so has every friend they have introduced it to!
I love the Friday roundups and kids book suggestions. Loving these movie ideas also. My girls are really into Radio Rebel on Netflix these days.
Thought you might like to know that my sister-in-law reported that there was a “Kale Stew Off” in Westport recently. Your version, pg. 250, WON! Best tasting AND Easiest to make.
(Guess what we’re having for dinner tomorrow?)
As for movies? What about ET? Although I am cracking myself up thinking about The Three Amigos, as suggested by Amy G. HI-larious!
Loved this roundup. Lots of good reads. My daughters loved Anne of Green Gables, not really a movie but, better, a series.
Did you follow the link at the end of the Best Parenting Advice article? So beautiful.
Movie suggestions — DEFINITELY a Hiyao Miyasaki movie. My children LOVE them. Castle in the Sky, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. They are amazing and great favorites in my house. He also did Ponyo and Secret World of Arrietty.
Loved the article about cooking and feminism. Also loved the parenting tip. As Rachel Macy Stafford said in her post in Huffington Post, it works well with kids — and other loved ones — of all ages.
Had to laugh at Andy’s last addition–my boyfriend just broke me down on The Wire also. The season 1 DVD is sitting next to me right now, waiting to be watched…
Great roundup!
The Wire – LOVE. Then you can move onto Treme.
How about Kicking & Screaming for the girls. Soccer and Will Ferrell. What could be better?
My girls are the same age and into soccer as well and loved, Chak De! India. It’s a Bollywood film from 2007 about the national Indian women’s field hockey team. It’s a fun story that takes on some heavy issues that my girls could understand (and I think learned something). Netflix has it on demand.
LOVE the Wire. So sad it ended. Brilliant writing. We had to watch it with the subtitles on, though, to understand what they were saying. You are making me want to watch it again….
love this round up. thanks for taking the time to compile. As for movies, I echo the suggestion of Troop Beverly Hills (showed it at my dtr’s 11th bday). Also: Bend it Like Beckham, Princess Bride, Billy Elliott??
so much link-goodness here! a league of their own?
Films:
– The Lovebug (tried and tested with my kids)
– Doris Day’s The Thrill of It All (I recently made my own ketchup and the Kids can’t wait to find out whether the process will be the same on film)
– And don’t miss Cathérine Deneuve as the Queen of England (!!): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2219617/Looking-regal-crown-tartan–French-actress-Catherine-Deneuve-looks-British-queen-new-Ast-rix-film.html
– Chitty-chitty-bang-bang (a firm favourite in our carless household)
– The Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
– Around the World in 80 Days (try to get the 1956 Version). For more Jules Verne see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_based_on_works_by_Jules_Verne
– We don’t like Charlie Chaplin films, but …
– Sad, but good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves
– War of the Buttons (La guerre des Boutons), do try and get the 1962 French Version with English subtitles (http://les-trois-chenes.hubpages.com/hub/War-of-the-Buttons-or-La-Guerre-des-Boutons, scroll down for the 1962 blurb)
For more Inspiration, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_list_of_the_50_films_you_should_see_by_the_age_of_14
And don’t forget to bend it like Beckham:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bend_It_Like_Beckham
have fun
r
– National Velvet
– Classic Lassie movies
– My Friend Flicka (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036182/)
Can you tell I used to be horse-mad? Thanks for the trip down Memory lane …
r