Katie Allison

I’m guessing that almost none of the working dads around the U.S. who are tonight getting organized to fly out to Austin in the morning for SXSW are primarily worried about not having any clean clothes to take with them. Like none. At all. Of any…

You had to know this was coming, right? After my previous post in which I ran down the ten BEST film adaptations of books originally written for kids and teens, it’s time to venture over to the dark side, and take a look at those unfortunate cases in…

Ever since I read this tragic story over at Free Range Kids, I've been pondering the haphazard ways in which we choose to judge or forgive parents for their failings. Apparently, an Atlanta dad brought his five year old son to the park, and when he…

Last Thursday night, our whole family showed up to watch E - our 7th grader - play his second to last middle school football game of the year. It was a beautiful fall evening - perfect football weather (or so I'm told, having only been to one actual…

We've had some big happenings around Casa Hickju in the past month. First of all, J turned 15, got her learner's permit and has started driving (AAAGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!), and the other major development is that C has started preschool two days each week.…

In the month after my son Henry died on May 31, a month during which I also gave birth to Henry's youngest sibling, I got a lot of mail. Hundreds of letters and cards consoling and comforting me on the loss of my firstborn baby arrived at our house…

Before disposable diapers were easily acquired at every corner store, the vast majority of children were potty trained prior to turning one. That changed in the late 1950s and 60s, at least in this country, when people started deciding to wait until…

This morning I read the new essay at Babble by a dad who seems to find it adorably hip that his preschooler cusses like an episode of the Sopranos. And I just have to weigh in on this one. Yes, I am about to judge another parent, and frankly, that…

Today was our three year old's first day of preschool. Our best friend's house burned to the ground last night. (No, really) I am starting a really wonderful new job in a few days. Jon and I celebrated our anniversary, and he surprised me with…

I can't believe that G is already three weeks old. I am so crazy in love with her that I just want to hit a freeze button and get at least a little more time with her as a tiny newborn. The fact that I know she is definitely my last baby makes every…

I finally got the investigator working H’s case on the phone today (he had been on vacation last week). He basically told me that unless and until he can get an interview with H in which H tells “his side of the story,” then “there is no victim.”…