By Mindi Wisman So there you are, actively engaged with your phone kid who is playing in the bath. She’s talking to a duck, she’s drinking bath water, all totally normal and not at all disgusting things, when out of the corner of your eye you see…something. It’s brown and […]
Parenting
Dear Mom Who Is Totally Screwing Up
By Rhiannon Giles of rhiyaya.com Dear mom who is totally screwing up, Today my five-year-old daughter screamed the whole way home because I would not buy her a pottery wheel. Today I lost my patience. I will lose my patience again tomorrow. I sometimes clean up her messes because I can’t […]
Seeing Yourself in Your Strong-Willed Children
By Kelly Riibe of Family Footnote Strong-willed children grow up to be determined parents, who in turn give birth to even stronger-willed kids. It is a cycle that describes my life pretty accurately. I was once a preschooler who demanded answers to a lot of questions, then an adolescent who talked […]
Stranded in Motherhood
By Tara Lawall of Most Likely a Rant Maternity leave is the movie Castaway. I am Tom Hanks and Cora, my 3-week-old, is Wilson. We are stranded alone on an island (my 505 square foot Brooklyn apartment) all day, every day. And, hey, islands are nice! You can hang out […]
9 YO’s Tragic Suicide Reinforces the Importance of Teaching Kids About Bullying Prevention
By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM A family in Soak Creek, West Virginia has endured the ultimate heartbreak. Jackson Grubb, a third-grader, took his own life on September 10. Third grade. Let that sink in. In his fourth year of elementary school, this boy made the decision to […]
Mom’s Plea for Dads to Take More Photos of Their Wives Goes Viral
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama Motivational speaker and author Kaylin Maree Schimpf shared a beautiful picture and a powerful message with the world last week. The Facebook post, which has gone viral, asks dads to take more pictures of their wives. “Take the photo. You may not think about […]
The Post-Kid Reality of Football-Watching Parties
Remember watching a football game before kids? Don your jersey, grab a beer and cheer your team. After kids, it’s similar… in no way at all.
Excuse Me, But Where’s My Mommy Halo?
By Michelle Tan of The Secret Diary of Agent Spitback To the person in charge of giving out mommy halos, Excuse me, but where’s my mommy halo? I am not sure, but was it an honest mistake that you missed me when you were giving them out? You know, the […]