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The Tablecloth Was a Status Symbol. The Placema...
I have two small children. Dinner in my house runs about thirty minutes and includes spilled milk, one child using a fork for every food group, and another licking hummus...
The Tablecloth Was a Status Symbol. The Placema...
I have two small children. Dinner in my house runs about thirty minutes and includes spilled milk, one child using a fork for every food group, and another licking hummus...
A Month with Commercial Placemats Taught Me Wha...
For one month, I set our kitchen table with commercial placemats from a restaurant supply store. I was chasing the same wipe-clean speed every parent wants without the nightly laundry....
A Month with Commercial Placemats Taught Me Wha...
For one month, I set our kitchen table with commercial placemats from a restaurant supply store. I was chasing the same wipe-clean speed every parent wants without the nightly laundry....
What Tomato Sauce Taught Me About Choosing Plac...
I used to pick placemats like throw pillows. Good color next to my dishes meant good mat. Then my two kids started feeding themselves, and I realized the colors that...
What Tomato Sauce Taught Me About Choosing Plac...
I used to pick placemats like throw pillows. Good color next to my dishes meant good mat. Then my two kids started feeding themselves, and I realized the colors that...
The Case Against Spill-Proof Toddler Placemats
The milk hit the table and ran straight under the mat. I'd bought that mat because the label said spill proof placemats for toddlers, and I believed it. By the...
The Case Against Spill-Proof Toddler Placemats
The milk hit the table and ran straight under the mat. I'd bought that mat because the label said spill proof placemats for toddlers, and I believed it. By the...
Non-Slip Placemats Are a Recent Idea. Family Di...
The first time my daughter pulled her chair in by herself, her cloth placemat shot off the table and landed on the floor like a wet leaf. She laughed. I...
Non-Slip Placemats Are a Recent Idea. Family Di...
The first time my daughter pulled her chair in by herself, her cloth placemat shot off the table and landed on the floor like a wet leaf. She laughed. I...
A Table Setting Is a Child's First Floor Plan
My older daughter set our table for a weeknight pasta dinner and asked the question I had been avoiding: why does the fork go on the left? I had no...
A Table Setting Is a Child's First Floor Plan
My older daughter set our table for a weeknight pasta dinner and asked the question I had been avoiding: why does the fork go on the left? I had no...