A selection of recent (and a few not-so-recent) articles

• The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent (The Cut)

• How are Parents of Teenagers Supposed to Ever Have Sex Again? (The Cut)

• The Parents Who Dread Their Kids’ Bedtime (The Cut)

• I Always Cry on Christmas Morning (Southern Living)

• Spending Less Helped Me See What I Truly Value (Oprah Daily)

• The Miracle of a Southern Funeral (Southern Living)

• Why Southern Manners Matter in a Modern World (Southern Living)

• I’m in Love with a Very Ugly Couch (StyleBlueprint)

• Why I’ve Come Around to Making My Mama’s Not-So-Cool Chicken Casserole (Southern Living)

• My One Shining Moment as a Peabody Duck (Southern Living)

• My Toddler Threw Out My Silver Polish, and I Don’t Care (Southern Living)

• Help for the Controlling Hostess (Southern Living)

• Do You Really Have One Year to Write Your Wedding Thank-You Notes? (Southern Living)

• Memphis Manners (Southern Living)

• Lessons from My Little One: No Apology Necessary (Parents)

• April Fools’ Pranks For the Whole Family (Real Simple)

• Keep Calm and Party On (Real Simple)

• Poor Baby #2 (Parents)

• I See A Bad Mood Rising (Real Simple Family)

• Step Inside a Creative Couple’s Australian Forested Getaway (Airbnb)

• Homecoming Queen (The New York Times) … This is so old that it’s under my maiden name AND you have to go to a website called Time Machine (for real) to view it. 

A few of my favorite recipes developed for The Kitchn:

• Easy Turkey Chili with Kale

• Make-Ahead “Ham and Cheese” Breakfast Casserole

• Pasta with Cauliflower, Sausage, and Breadcrumbs

• Light & Easy Broccoli Salad

• Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Banana Chunks