Dear Tooth Fairy by Alison Lebovitz Now that I am officially in my forties (okay, so I just turned forty-one), I am desperately hanging on to all of the things I took for granted when I was in my twenties and thirties – my wrinkle-free skin, my ability to function on less than seven hours [...]
by Stevie Ray Dallimore Photo credit: Katie Forbes Dallimore It has been nearly a year since I moved to Chattanooga with my family from Washington Heights in the northern part of Manhattan. “Upstate Manhattan” we like to call it. Now I am on a mountain in Georgia. The view I had in New York was [...]
Only the Lonely by Alison Lebovitz The third-born child had been living like a second-class citizen in his own home. It was finally his chance to make a few decisions for himself and by himself without anyone interfering. This past summer, while our two oldest boys spent four weeks at overnight camp, our youngest son [...]
As a father I can only do my very best. by Jonathan Lehman What keeps us afloat is the thing that comforts me: the simple fact that my efforts as a father are directly proportional to my wife’s abilities as a mother. Fatherhood. The word itself conjures up stereotypical visions in your mind. The framework [...]
Bill Crutchfield: Family, friends and flowers, a Chattanooga legacy. by Jennifer Crutchfield Fathers give us their names. With the names parents choose and the family name they inherit a baby starts life with the history of his family’s past and the hope for their future. Dads give us other things, fun stuff like hobbies, humor, [...]
“AIM HIGHER” by Alison Lebovitz When it comes to my own children, instead of offering them a spoonful of sugar, I inject them with a healthy dose of reality. They want Mary Poppins, and I give them Dirty Harry. Our ten-year-old son, Arthur, is really into basketball these days. Actually, he is really into sports [...]
Kid’s Eat For Less Written by Karen Hawkins. Karen is the school secretary at Normal Park Upper School and has an eye for a great family deal. Share your family deals with us and win free tickets to the Chattanooga Zoo for your family! Send us your deals at jcrutchfield@chattanoogaparentmagazine.com. Every Night IHOP: 4 – [...]
Healthy eating makes happy memories Written by Mike Ketcham Photo courtesy Ben Finch Photography “I look forward to using my creativity in the kitchen to present him with fun recipes that result in food he wants to eat, can help make, and might even want to pass on to his children someday.“ I am new [...]
by Alison Lebovitz Why is it so easy for us to make mistakes and yet so difficult for us to render apologies? And I’m not talking about the lackadaisical, loose-lipped, less-than-legitimate kind of apology that most people give while basically saying it in passing – “Oh…sorry.” Or the adamant, angry, accusatory apology that comes in [...]
There’s No Business Like Snow Business by Alison Lebovitz There is nothing that tests the limits of a family better than a snowstorm. Especially when your family happens to live in the South. That’s because even the mere threat of a snowfall in the South triggers the same degrees of panic and preparation most would [...]
