Remember weekend mornings before kids? Sleeping until 9 a.m… drinking hot coffee… mimosas at brunch… Or, remember when you didn’t know that 4:45 a.m. was an actual time to be awake? Ah, so many fun things our kids have taught us. Like how it feels to be woken up mid-lightsaber […]
Author: Karen Johnson
11 Hysterically Relatable Tweets About the Battle That Is Kids and the Cold
Yay! Winter is coming! Can’t wait to force my kids into coats and beg them to wear pants instead of shorts when it’s 29 degrees outside. -no parent ever So it’s happening, friends. The temps are dropping. This morning it was 35 degrees as we left for school. You’d think I […]
An Extra Hour of Sleep? Parents Tweet the Truth About Daylight Savings
Let’s reminisce. Remember before kids when the fall back time change meant an extra hour of sleep? Ah, good times. I remember the first year I realized the joke was on us, as parents. My toddler was already an early riser (awake by 6 a.m., sometimes 5) so in his […]
These Hilarious Tweets About the Joys of the PTA Are Everything
Ah, back to school season. Kids have fresh new shoes with the soles still attached. Lunches are packed again with fruit they won’t eat. And library books are already missing. It’s good times. But by far the best part of this time of year is the guilt we feel when […]
13 Funny Potty-Training Tweets That Will Make You Feel Better About Pee-Soaked Beds
Potty-training is hell. Before embarking on this parenting gig, I had NO IDEA how hard this was going to be. I was sorely unprepared for how much of someone else’s poop I’d get on my actual self. How many things in my house would get soaked with pee. And how […]
13 Signs You’re Sleep-Deprived and Pregnant
This post is sponsored by The Sleep Advisor Pregnancy is a blessing, isn’t it? I, for one, never felt more beautiful and well-rested, especially in month nine. I did not miss seeing my feet. Grunting while trying to put on shoes just reminded me of how blissful it was going […]
A Middle School Girl Goes Viral for Her Poem, “Why Am I Not Good Enough?”
A 13-year old girl named Olivia Vella has become an overnight sensation after her powerful slam poetry assignment went viral on the internet. Reflecting the daily struggles to fit in, be beautiful, and be respected that plague middle school girls, her words have resonated with so many that the video […]
Emma Watson Shows Skin; World Calls for her Banishment from Feminism
Emma Watson (A.K.A. Hermione Granger A.K.A. Belle from Beauty and the Beast A.K.A. alumna of Brown University A.K.A. UN Women Goodwill Ambassador A.K.A. founder of feminist campaign HeForShe) is in the news for *gasp* showing part of her breasts in a Vanity Fair photo. And now, all of the above-mentioned titles […]