Mother of the Year #2 (I’ve got a theme going here)
It’s a Monday morning. Translation: kids are tired, I’m tired, there’s an edgy air in the house. Even the cats don’t seem to be feeling it today. I decide to tackle the morning like Pollyana. You know,...
View ArticleA (not-so) Love Note from the Boy
A recent conversation with a friend about kids chastising parents scratched up a memory of the Boy writing me a scathing note regarding my bad behavior. I searched around and found where I had copied...
View ArticleThings You Never Hear Parents Say.
Parenting. Sometimes it’s really wonderful. It can be the best, most rewarding experience on earth. I can feel like the luckiest girl in the world … living the family dream. And then there are the...
View ArticleSometimes the truth hurts
I will not tell my kids they can be anything they want to be. I won’t tell them they can do anything they set their mind to. I’m not willing to let them think that if they just work hard and practice...
View ArticleIf Miley Cyrus were my daughter
I saw a comment from someone following Miley’s performance at the MTV VMAs that said “What a role model she turned out to be! How do I explain Hannah Montana’s behavior to my daughter?” I feel like...
View ArticleYou Might Be an Asshat If You Never Tell Your Kid to Hurry Up
Not long ago, there was a post that went around about a mom who decided to never tell her daughter to hurry up anymore. I saw a shit ton of people share it on Facebook. It went something like this:...
View ArticleWhen it’s NOT Bullying.
Last night at dinner, the Boy brought up a story he’d heard about a Texas high school football team and its coach bullying the opposing team. A parent was claiming that the 91-0 score was evidence his...
View ArticleWhen Parenting is a Crime
This post originally appeared in Blogger Idol’s Week 7 Challenge: Share a “secret”–something your readers don’t know about you … yet. I never would have thought I could be arrested for providing...
View ArticleThe Mommy Wars are Over.
It’s really trendy right now to talk about the “Mommy Wars” and how they’re everything that’s wrong with the world–specifically the parenting world. It’s basically Mean Girls: The Mom Version. Or at...
View ArticleTelling Someone to “Enjoy Every Moment” Makes Them Want to Punch You in the Junk
Scene: A child is having a meltdown in a public place; there’s a full-on tantrum with crying, flailing, kicking, screaming, and / or yelling. An exasperated mother handles the situation in whatever way...
View ArticleMother of the Year #1 (in what will likely be a very long series)
I’m pretty sure that my Mother of the Year award is at least in the platinum stage for as many times as I’ve won the friggin’ thing. Most of the time I award myself in hindsight once I see the event...
View ArticleRewind: What I would say to my New Parent Self
I wish that I could go back in time to just before my first child was born and tell myself some really important things. It would have been nice to know just a teeny bit about the reality of what it...
View ArticleMother of the Year #2 (I’ve got a theme going here)
It’s a Monday morning. Translation: kids are tired, I’m tired, there’s an edgy air in the house. Even the cats don’t seem to be feeling it today. I decide to tackle the morning like Pollyana. You...
View ArticleA (not-so) Love Note from the Boy
A recent conversation with a friend about kids chastising parents scratched up a memory of the Boy writing me a scathing note regarding my bad behavior. I searched around and found where I had copied...
View ArticleIf Miley Cyrus were my daughter
I saw a comment from someone following Miley’s performance at the MTV VMAs that said “What a role model she turned out to be! How do I explain Hannah Montana’s behavior to my daughter?” I feel like...
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