Category: Parenting

Locals, when serving a nice meal, like to put out a spread of meze, salads and spreads and other dips to eat at the start of a meal. Hummus, tahini, roasted eggplant salad, spicy carrot salad, and marinated eggplant salad are all common to find as part of this mezze, but there are two tomato and pepper cooked salads that are served and I wasn’t quite sure how to explain the difference

Locally, going to the swimming pool is quite expensive, and the beach is far from my home. For that reason, now that we finally have a yard, I’ve toyed with the idea of getting a backyard above ground pool for the family to enjoy in the summer. Now that I read this post by a reader, though, I’m wondering if maybe we should get one that doubles as a hot tub.

A soft hot tub or inflatable hot tub

Those of you who’ve been reading this blog for a while will probably remember many posts of mine in which I talk about my shopping at the open air market, and the amazing deals I’ve gotten there. Depending on the time of day you go, you can get such stupendous prices unlike anywhere else. However, in the last nearly year since I’ve been working full time to be self supporting as a single mom, I

To write about the debate over adding an “X” option to state IDs, I was trying to better understand how the issue plays out in everyday life.

I’m in the process of trying to find another school for my oldest child, Lee, as well as starting the process for getting special ed for my younger daughter, Rose. Here’s a post from a reader with things to consider when trying to find a school for your children.

Singapore is known to have one of the most competitive and high quality education system in the world. For expats who decide to

I really wanted a good chocolate chip cookie, but the gluten free ones I purchased recently were quite unsatisfactory for me. My 9 year old son, Ike, wanted to do some baking with me and chose to make cookies. The first batch we made was coconut macaroons and then I decided that while we already were in the middle of baking, might as well make some chocolate chip cookies. I was trying to find

Is debt always bad? This post from a reader explores the different types of debt, and which are better and which are worse to have.

In the world of finance, debt is a contentious issue. Some people will tell you there’s never a good reason to borrow money, while others rely on debt constantly.

If you’re trying to make up your mind, any number of experts will tell you the same thing: there’s

Delta Air Lines has now made reinstating status an official option for loyalty-program members who have major life events.

“The time to get pregnant is when you’re healthiest, both physically and psychologically,” said one researcher.

Hotels with playgrounds. Baby pools at the beach. We collected our best suggestions and advice for family travel, from own our travel experiences.