By Samina Farooq of Ayeina Dear those fathers of the world, If you can’t change your babies’ diapers because they are too poopy or change their clothes because they are too tiny, If you can’t swaddle them because that’s too complicated or bathe them because you’re afraid you’ll drop them, If […]
By Samantha Wassel of Between the Monkey Bars Are you a mom or planning to become one? Do you have the internet? How about a TV? In-laws? Eyes? Ears? A pulse? If so, you probably know that no one, anywhere, has anything to say about how you’re choosing to raise your […]
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of (my) Life My first daughter arrived at 39 weeks. On Thanksgiving Day. Her entrance came via emergency c-section after hours of pushing with little progress. You don’t know exhaustion until you’re trying to push a human out for hours on no fuel and […]
By Kristina Hammer of The Daily Rantings of an Angrivated Mom Every so often, I stumble across people who are raising their kids, inadvertently, to turn out to be assholes. Not in the typical attention-starved/bought-love/no-rules kind of way. In the too-many-rules/smothered-love/attention-hogging kind of way. These kinds of parents don’t even consider […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv of Live By Surprise Ahhh…single motherhood. The best unpaid job that you’ll ever have. Single moms see it all – a 24/7 job with no pay but so many fringe benefits. JOB TITLE: Mom, Mamma, Mama, Mother, (ROLLING EYES) Mooooomm! POSITION PURPOSE: The role of the […]
By Carol Sustaire of Uphill Home Oh, Thanksgiving! As if the delight of twenty people crammed in a sweltering hot abode isn’t enough for the pregnant woman, she has to endure your hilarious quips on gestation and weight gain, too! As a woman who has been pregnant at Thanksgiving a […]
By Dawn of W.T.F. words thoughts feelings I often find myself up against the effects of my childhood sexual abuse, not only as a woman, but now as a mother. “Momma, can I put on some make-up?” I tell my daughter she is beautiful without it, but, “Sure honey, what’s the harm?” Internally, […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Melissa Fenton of 4boysmother.com School prepares young people for life. It educates boys and girls across all fields of study, preparing them to be of value to society in whatever career field they choose. No surprises there. But when we keep that into perspective, when we […]