by Carla Naumburg | Sep 18, 2017 | PsychCentral.com
Most people don’t realize I’m a picky eater because, well, I’m a grown-up. The truth is that I have been highly selective (ahem) since I was a little girl; I’m just better at hiding it now. I’m also the mother of one consistently and highly selective eater and one...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 14, 2017 | PsychCentral.com
I love airports. The inevitable lines, layovers, and delays rarely bother me because I’m just so damn happy to be there. I sit and watch the people go by; I check out their luggage choices and eavesdrop on their conversations and wonder why anyone would travel in 4”...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 11, 2017 | PsychCentral.com
My daughters, who are 7 and 8 years old, learned about 9/11 this past summer. I wasn’t intending to talk about it just then, but it was a plot point in a book we were reading, and so we discussed it. The girls learned that 16 years ago, bad men flew planes into...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 8, 2017 | Kveller.com
I lost it with my kid yesterday. My mom-meltdown happened just minutes before I herded both of the girls outside for our annual first-day-of-school ritual. It went a little something like this: “Ok, you stand here, no, not there, over there, OK, good, now you get next...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 24, 2017 | Kveller.com
Sometimes I put a pair of cotton princess underwear on my head before I wake up my daughters in the morning. Sometimes I recite their breakfast options in a ridiculous French accent. I smear bubbles across my face while I’m giving them a bath and tell them absurd...
