Is it Time to Give Up the Minivan?

~:: Momfaze ::~

When I had my first child I fought the Minivan. Then, I had another, and another. I started to carpool, haul sports equipment, vast amounts of groceries, and god knows what else. I became attached to the Minivan and what it symbolized: motherhood, family, good times. Then, it happened. The teenagers started to grow up. No more carpools, no more hauling. And the question arose: Was it time to give up the Minivan?

ABOUT MOMFAZE: Toronto freelance writer/editor Randi Chapnik Myers and social communicator Mara Shapiro blog for momfaze, a no-holds-barred site for parents of teens and tweens. Randi, who also writes for Today’s Parent, More magazine and the Globe & Mail, is proud to be an expert carpooler, a reluctant chef, and a hockey mom at StixandPux. Mara, a Community Manager for Our Kids Media and book reviewer on Be Nice or Leave Thanks, has a hard time wiping the smile off her face while trying to perfect the art of saying No to her three teenagers.

Follow them at www.momfaze.com and on Twitter @momfaze as they stalk their kids online and live to write about it.

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