Archive - The Auntie Bulletin

The Auntie Bulletin Strategic Plan for 2025 and Beyond

I’m afraid it involves Beanee Weenee.

Feb 21 •

KINSHIP SNACKS: How to Burst Into Song

Plus: Yo-Yo Ma can play whale songs on the cello; an uncling ceremony; a poem in which you make yourself proud; cute kid sings while furious.

Feb 17 •

The Past and Future Story of The Auntie Bulletin

A brief history, and some incantations for a world that doesn’t suck.

Feb 14 •

KINSHIP SNACKS: How to Get Infinitely Rewatchable Videos of the Kids in Your Life

Plus: A bored kid scavenger hunt; reading romantasy in the hospital spurs call to joy in activism; be a hero by being a sheep; cute baby comforts…

Feb 10 •

Auntiehood is the Real “Having It All”

Here’s the beautiful thing about Auntiehood: it lets up.

Feb 7 •

KINSHIP SNACKS: How To Apologize to a Child

Plus: New Baby Bill of Rights overwhelm; COVID is still a thing; don’t get mixed up with toddlers; everybody’s lonely but no one can hang out; how good…

Feb 3 •

January 2025

The New Baby Bill of Rights

Families with new children are entitled to community care.

Jan 31 •

GLITCHES FIXED: How To Help Kids Process Owies and Everyday Upsets

Plus: what if my friend’s baby doesn’t like me; what to do with Grandma Nettie’s china; the restful houses of women who live alone; the thousand year…

Jan 28 •

KINSHIP SNACKS: How To Help Kids Process Owies and Everyday Upsets

Plus: what if my friend’s baby doesn’t like me; what to do with Grandma Nettie’s china; the restful houses of women who live alone; the thousand year…

Jan 27 •

We’re All In This Together

Organizers need caregivers, caregivers need organizers.

Jan 24 •

KINSHIP SNACKS: How To Get Kids to Eat Their Dinner

Plus: how the Aunties rallied for pandemic twins; intergenerational friendships in L.A.; matriarchy; one household, four parents; magic keychain offers…

Jan 20 •

Navigating Friendship Through Life’s Biggest Transitions

Ann Friedman on Auntiehood, parenthood, and how the one might prepare us for the other.

Jan 17 •

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