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If there is a god of after school activity schedule coordinating, he must have been smiling down on me when I discovered a gym that offers gymnastics classes for four-year-old boys and six-year-old girls, at exactly the same time. And then he must have decided that I have a nice butt, or something, because he did me the further favor of populating the class with several children who just happen to have smart, fabulous, interesting mothers. So not only do I get to kill two birds with one stone each week, but I also get to do it with a group of, well, I don't know what you would call people who kill birds with stones, but whatever, my point is, I get to hang out with a cool group of moms while we wait for our kids to finish jumping on trampolines, falling off balance beams and performing vaguely cartwheelish-type maneuvers.

The gymnastics coffee klatch group is an eclectic bunch; aside from me -- a writer and parenting columnist -- there's a former lawyer, a former investment banker, a very part-time voice-over actress, and an independent television producer with the luxury of setting her own work schedule. And most of us are in the same place with our kids -- one or two in elementary school, with another one or two still in preschool. We talk about our kids, of course, but inevitably, the conversation always seems to turn to work. Read More »

I'm not trying to launch a political career or anything, but now that my daughter is in the first grade, I've decided to join the PTA at her school. I enjoy being involved in my children's schools; my kids get so excited and feel so important when their mommy is in charge of something, and I like the feeling of being a part of the community. But that being said, as a working mom, it's not always easy to fit in the meetings, or to find the time for yet another responsibility. Read More »