Georgia Garvey is a writer, wife and mother to two boys for whom she prioritizes kindness and good manners above all other accomplishments.
She previously worked at the Chicago Tribune, RedEye and Daily Herald newspapers, and was the editor-in-chief of the Tribune Publishing's Pioneer Press and Lake County News-Sun publications.
She lives in suburban Illinois, where, each day, she battles the tempestuous and formidable faucet in her kitchen sink.
Read her column here.
In the pantheon of parental duties, shopping for school supplies stands alone. At the tripart crossroads of "least enjoyable," "most expensive" and "least negotiable," it is an intrinsic part of life in late summer, and it has been since I was a kid ... Read More
The other night, smack-dab in the middle of an insomniac phone jaunt, I found myself scrolling through posts on a plastic surgery chat room. I can't say I recommend the activity, especially as a way to get back to sleep, but it was certainly enlighte... Read More
Like parents, teachers can shape not just a child's experience in the world but also the very essence of who they are. Stumble into a class with a bad teacher and the encounter might stick with you forever. To wit: I'm a grown woman with kids of my ... Read More
There's poison in the air outside my house, a bitter smoke of ashes and hot freeway, and it is keeping us all inside. Yesterday morning, the kids' summer camp announced that the planned trip to the pool had been cancelled. They would do activities in... Read More
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