Love + eMotion - All the Posts

IN OUR FLAGSHIP blog, Love + eMotion, Leslie Hsu Oh gave us an honest glimpse inside of her family's life. She revealed the often funny, sometimes intimate and always thoughtful moments as she raises a family in a modern world - the theme of all these posts.

• Raising Techno Addicts - Getting the kids their own computer. The first contribution that was read aloud on the air for  Show 09: Modern Families & the Digital Age.

November, 2010

• Parenting With Avatars - A little family time on the Wii.
• Kids, Craters & Cliffs, Part I - Do outdoor adventure minded parents still get into the wild after the babies are born?...
• Kids, Craters & Cliffs, Part II - ...Why, yes they do - with the kids leading the way!
• Kit Kat Kick - Getting little ones to eat healthy isn't always easy.
• Screen Time Fight Play-by-Play - A few rounds in the ongoing battle to win screen time.

December, 2010

• The Alaskan Dad - In which Leslie highlights the special significance of fathering in the forty-ninth state.
• Doting Grandparents Wanted - Young family seeks local grandma and grandpa.
• Who's the Alpha Now? - Of the ongoing bedtime power struggle. 
• Holiday Cuing - Keeping old family holiday traditions and introducing new ones.

January, 2011

• The Computer is Dead - Helping kids understand grief.
• To Freak or Not to Freak - Eek, earthquakes!
• Please Don't Tell Me I'm a Chinese Mother - In which Leslie responds to the Tiger Mom thing.
• Would You Rather Be a Hoarder or a Chucker? - Or, what to do with all your kid's artwork.

February, 2011

• Chutzpah - When kids amaze with their ability to be awesome.
• If You're Not Doing Anything on Valentine's Day - Remembering why you're in love/married/partnered in the first place.
• No Guests at Our House Please - The difficulty of post-kids entertaining...in a clean house anyway.
• Parenting With Avatars, Part II - This time it's the Kinect.

March, 2011

• It's Mommy's Spring Break, Too - A great turn of events when the 5-year old starts making sandwiches for the parents.
• The Phenomenon of Super Hero Play - Encourging the heroic in your children.
• Just One More Shot - The magical Alaskan experience of waking up the family for viewing the Northern Lights
• 5 Tips for Getting By Without Your Spouse - Snow removal, prepping for school, bedtimes, meals on your own.

April, 2011

• Hike, Not Mush - The fam goes dog sledding!
• Making Art With Nature - Using Alaska's outdoor materials to create.
• Dandelion Killer - Wait, stop, those are good for you!
• Stoked - 5-year old girl totally shreds on the skateboard and snowboard.

May, 2011

• A Mother Who Had Time to Play - Leslie reflects on her mother's life, takes away valuable lessons to mother her own children.
• A Confession, Part I - Revealing the secret hope that your kids will have the same talent as you.
• A Confession, Part II - Watching that talent emerge.
• A Secret Spot - Learning from Alaska's land, Alaska's Elders.
• Peaks, Glaciers & Kids, Part I - In which the family visits McCarthy-Kennecott for a trip packed with adventure.

June, 2011

• Peaks, Glaciers & Kids, Part II - You can totally take a 2 and 5-year old on top of a glacier!
• Peaks, Glaciers & Kids, Part III - Four courses and gourmet mac 'n' cheese, the whole fam dines at the famous McCarthy Lodge.
• The Inside/Outside Wars - Playing in the rain and making nature journals.
• What Does a Baby Bird Do? - Visiting Potters Marsh.

July, 2011

• When You Know Your Kids Are Alaskans - Camping, rafting, 4-wheeling and sporting rain gear are all sure signs.
• Rock Climbing to the Rescue, Part I - Celebrating a birthday at the rock gym.
• Rock Climbing to the Rescue, Part II
• Don't Tell the Kids - Mom and dad sneak away for some bear viewing.

August, 2011

• 3 Tips for Taking Young Kids Fishing - The fam goes dipnetting on the Kenai.
• The Kid/Mom/iPhone Love/Hate Triangle - In which Leslie fights another battle in the neverending technology wars.
• Know Your Plastic: 4 Lessons - Which plastic is okay and which might be not so good.

September, 2011

• The Ablation of Grief, Part I - Leslie deals with anger, resentment and deep sadness over plans to leave her home in Alaska.
• The Ablation of Grief, Part II - The family moves to DC, is flooded by water and memories of their Alaskan life. 
• The Ablation of Grief, Part III - Adjusting to life on the east coast, knowing they'll always be Alaskans at heart.
• A Confession, Postscript - A talent for drawing dragons.

October, 2011

• The Upside of Stubborn - Don't think of it as insisting on getting their way, think of it more like tenacious determination.
• Home - Leslie's final post for Love + eMotion, a goodbye to Alaska.