By Ghada Karam of Confidential Mommy Talks Tantrums. One word that summarizes pretty well the third year of a child’s existence and the pain that parents have to go through. No matter how ready, patient, quiet, supportive, attentive, cheerful a mom could be, when the tantrums hit, she will lose her […]
By Julia Arnold of Frantic Mama How can I teach my kids to be kind to each other and to themselves? How can I teach them to be confident, inquisitive, happy children? Children who will gradually grow into young adults and then, unbelievably, adults. As far as body image […]
By Sarah Hunter of Diaper Pails and Funny Tales We all know that new moms tend to let themselves go in the months (read: years) following birth. When you see the baby-toting Mama with hair three days past dirty, you usually cut her some slack. You may even note […]
By Chad Haines Terrible things happen to people every day. In hindsight, I think I may not be one of the people as much as I am one of the terrible things. But you know what? Sometimes terrible things are wonderful. My story starts with a slushy machine. You […]
By Marta Parlatore of Baby Blues & Rock’n’Roll Shit just got real in the Blues’ household. A few days ago, while squatting to fish out from under the couch two rogue nuts trying to escape my TV-Drama binge session, it finally happened. The right leg of my favorite jeans ripped […]
By Rachel Brandt of Deleting the Adjectives I remember the first and only real sex education class I ever had. I was 17, sitting in a senior world religions class, shifting uncomfortably in my standard issue desk as I tried to figure out why I was looking at a freeze-framed […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s A Polyp With a hemoglobin of 9.4 that has likely continued to drop, I’m experiencing chronic fatigue due to iron deficiency anemia. Without enough iron the body is unable to produce enough hemoglobin, which creates red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Common […]
By Amanda Elder of Stay-at-Home Panda I see my mom with her fingers busy at the keyboard while I toddle around trying to figure out how everything works in this fascinating world. She half looks up at me as I smash my fingers in a drawer and says, “Ouch! […]