fat kids

Dear Parent: Your Kid Is Fat -- The Problem With BMI Report Cards

Sending a letter home with a kid who isn't actually fat seems cruel to most people because fat is still positioned as something that it is bad to be. But those letters aren't helping fat kids -- or underweight kids -- either.
Marianne in
Healthy, fat kids, fat acceptance, letters, school system

Mar 7, 2013 at 3:00pm | 95 comments

etiquette

HOW TO: Write A Damn Thank You Note

Dear All You Readers...
Marianne in
DIY, etiquette, letters, netiquette, relationships, social graces, thank you notes, writing

Aug 3, 2012 at 10:30am | 51 comments

letters

I've Started Writing Letters Again, and It's Awesome

Letters make me feel like I am whispering to a friend on the riverbank on a hot summer day, the air alive with the smell of bay laurel and the water so still that it looks like glass.
s.e. smith in
Fun, letters, mail, nostalgia, pen and paper

Aug 2, 2012 at 12:30pm | 123 comments