In our social media driven world, there is a new power bestowed on all of us. We all have the ability, for better or worse, to make other people famous. Everyone is now a photographer, videographer, Facebooker, Instagramer, Tweeter, and/or Youtuber. We can record what could be a lapse in […]
Author: Karen Johnson
The F-Word: A Look at Feminism, Complacency, and the Possibility of Bill as “The First Gentleman”
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’ve dropped the f-word a time or two in my writing, and I’ve been told I might offend some readers, turn them off. For this reason, I’ve decided to delve in to the controversy of the f-word (FEMINISM) and at the very least, clarify the kind […]
Stuck in the Middle with You: A Letter to My Daughter
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Dear sweet middle child, I know you are stuck in the middle. You are stuck between an older, going-int0-first-grade, always-doing-new-and-exciting-things brother and a younger, two-year-old, making-mommy-drink-and-cry brother. And then there’s you. Our 4-year old, kind-hearted, always-trying-to make-everyone-happy middle child. I know it seems like everything is […]
Why Is It So Hard To Say The V-Word?
By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM Does anyone else struggle with teaching the V-word to your kids? You know, the vajajay? Hoohoo? Ladybits? Parenting 101 says to use correct terminology for private parts. And penis is a no-brainer. It is easy to say in casual conversation and is […]
The Dystopian World Of A Christian Pastor
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM By chance, I live in a very conservative, Christian state in the Midwest. I am a Christian, but I am not too conservative. I am what many call a “Christian liberal.” (I can sense the eye rolls from […]
The Sh*t Show That Is Taking Kids To The Pool
Like families across our great land, we rang in the arrival of summer with our first trip to the pool. Remember going to the pool before you had kids? It looked something like this: Put on swim suit. Go to pool. Don’t bother with sunscreen because tan people look skinnier […]
Letter to the Pizza Sample Guy at Costco
By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM Dear Pizza Sample Guy at Costco, Yesterday we paid our bi-weekly visit at our usual 10:01 a.m. Now, you’ve met my 2-year-old before. You saw him when he was a 19 lb 4-month-old. You know that he’s what many politely call “a […]
When Your Friends Don’t Have Kids…
By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM My husband and I have some couple-friends who do not have kids. And we have 3. And they are small and loud. This past weekend, wonderfully kind friends of ours invited us (ALL of us) over to their kid-less house to watch […]