By Stephanie Loomis Pappas Perhaps you have seen that in 2015, toddlers shot more people in the US than terrorists, but you have reasoned that neither toddlers nor terrorists kill very many people in the U.S. each year, so taking action based on that statistic might not be warranted. You […]
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Your Ultimate 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
By Barrie Bismark of Daily Dump: Life is a Shit Show Halloween is over. You know what that means…the holidays are right around the corner! It’s never too early to get a jump start on the coolest gifts for your kids. Don’t waste your money on the big, expensive toys this […]
The Rise of the Wine-Soaked Mom Blog
By Stephanie Pappas of snackdinner Ditch the boozy blogging, moms. That’s the closing advice of Rachel McClain in her recent Parent.Co piece about bad behaviors of many parent-bloggers. Most of the mom-wine memes circulating online, she argues, just aren’t funny, but even those that are should give us pause because […]
Confession Time: I Went “There” as a Parent
By Heather Sadlemire I have a confession to make. I did something that I said I’d never do. No, I’m not talking about that time I spent months saying I wouldn’t give my newborn a pacifier, only to stuff one right in my daughter’s crying gobhole two hours after we […]
A+ Toddler Code
By Barrie Bismark Everyone knows that toddlers can be difficult, unpredictable and even rotten at times. It’s just the way we are at this age. All the learning, discovery, and growing is sometimes just too much for our little brains and bodies to handle. As for me, I’m a go-getter […]
The Trouble Is … You Think You Have Time
By Ashley Yaste of I Duct-Taped the Baby I can’t seem to get you off of my mind lately, which is odd for me … I don’t dwell. I learned a long time ago that it is impossible to change another person or a situation that isn’t yours. Instead you […]
Is That for a Girl or a Boy?
By Heather Sadlemire You won’t walk through Target and see toy aisles labeled for boys or for girls. Celebrities are naming their daughters traditional male names, like James and Max. Gender stereotypes and marketing are considered rather passé. But, for whatever reason, there is one place where this is still […]
Your Mom’s Guide to Murder
By Page Barnes of Your Mom’s Guide to Life I have a confession to make. No. I haven’t committed a murder. And if I had committed a murder (which again, I haven’t), do you seriously think I’d be stupid enough to publish a blog post about it? But I will […]