Renee Moilanen
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Renee Moilanen: Maybe our survival skills aren’t as sharp as we thought
The supply chain has not failed. For all our worries and despite the hoarding, there is still plenty of food. We will not starve. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Shopping craze amid coronavirus concerns underscores one of our biggest human desires: toilet paper
No doubt, COVID-19 is putting us on edge. It’s a fast-spreading illness with scary outcomes, particularly for older adults. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Finding a life skill that makes mom’s life easier
A 2015 survey commissioned by the appliance maker Whirlpool found that only 28% of parents regularly give their children chores even though 82% of them did chores when they were younger. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: With independent streak, my younger son embarks on his own business venture
The boy is just waiting for the day he can strike out on his own. He’ll tolerate us so long as we’re the only ones who can reach the snacks on the top shelf, but as soon as he grows another foot, w… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: How prepared is too prepared for extreme emergencies?
When the world crumbles, you need to be ready to “bug out,” or escape, preferably to a remote unpopulated forest with easy access to water, an impenetrable perimeter and plenty of high trees for sn… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: My children did not inherit my fear gene, as I learned on a recent skiing trip
For a long time, I worried my irrational fears would result in neurotic children. The ski trip proved me wrong. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Yesteryear’s resolutions fade away, replaced by more modest dreams – Press Telegram
Now, I dream of one day organizing our important documents so we no longer have the panicked hunt for our passports two days before an international flight. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: My brother committed suicide. Then the bill came
My family hadn’t asked the coroner to come. And we certainly hadn’t asked my brother to take his own life. We hadn’t wanted any of it. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Take time to enjoy the child-like pleasures of life
The letters shine a light on how far we adults have strayed from the simplest childhood pleasures, how, through our children’s eyes, we’ve become harried, workaholic, hypocritic killjoys in despera… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: With Thanksgiving nearly here, let’s remember to be grateful even during times of grief
It would be easy to ignore Thanksgiving this year. And yet, despite everything, I feel grateful, more grateful than ever. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: How my kid spent 1 million fictional dollars for a school project
A class exercise in which students manage one million fictional dollars to learn budgeting, place value and basic math, and in the process, figure out their life priorities. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: The Halloween horror myths we trick ourselves into believing
Do you smash your kids’ candy in search of razor blades? You’re not alone. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: The fine line between education and indoctrination
Like all parents, I want my children to reflect our family’s values. But more than that, I want them to be critical thinkers who assess the facts, weigh both sides and draw their own informed concl… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Pondering the necessity of a college tour for fourth-graders
These days, college is viewed as an end in itself. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Keeping our compassion in the age of mass shootings
What I fear most is that we will become inured to the savagery of gun violence, that we will accept mass killings as normal, that we will resign ourselves to feeling vulnerable at school and in wor… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: This is why, after attending an end-of-year field trip, I’ll never be invited to chaperone again
Today, it’s a forced three-legged race. Tomorrow, it’s a generation of kids ill-equipped for college or the workforce, unable to self-schedule and self-manage because no one is around to prescribe … → Read More
Renee Moilanen: After brother’s suicide, columnist focuses on light her late brother could not see
Today, I go through the motions. I take the kids to school, have lunch with friends, smile, even laugh, masking my despair just as my brother did for so many years. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: Keep our beaches fun, let the kids be kids — and quit throwing away the toys
Liability concerns turned the playgrounds lame. Bring in toys to liven them up. Get rid of the toys because of liability concerns. → Read More
Renee Moilanen: You don’t need to bring your dog everywhere
Since 1999, we’ve had “Take Your Dog to Work Day,” when hundreds of companies allow their employees to bring their furry pals into the office. Many companies, including Amazon and Google, have stan… → Read More
Renee Moilanen: In the quest for work-life balance, beware the consequences of tilting too far toward the latter
Children are more demanding than the worst CEO and far less thankful. I don’t get 15-minute breaks every four hours. And the pay is terrible. → Read More