By Kelly Bay of Beer and Junk Somewhere along the line, we seemed to adopt the idea that we could choose what kind of parent we would become without at all taking into consideration the kind of person we were before becoming a parent. Which is of course the “involved, […]
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Three Cheers for Screen Time
By Heather Sadlemire Before our now 2.5-year-old daughter was born, we had a long list of Never Will Wes. How cute we were. Never will we give her a binky. (That one lasted four hours into our arrival home after the hospital. She was crying. Why won’t she stop? Is […]
Some Things a Woman Never Forgets
By Kathy Radigan of My Dishwasher’s Possessed! This last week I have been more on edge than I usually feel in my safe suburban world of being a mom to three and a wife to one. I can’t turn on the TV, radio, phone, or computer without seeing an article […]
Dear MLM Rep: You Are NOT a Small Business Owner
By Kenzie Grace of Eggy and the Jet Dear Multi-Level Marketing Rep, I recently saw you post a meme that read, “When you buy from a small business, you are not helping a CEO buy a third vacation home, you are helping a little girl get dance lessons, a little […]
The Problem With Princesses
By Kimmie Fink of Kimmie Fink Consulting Don’t get me wrong. I love princesses. In fact, I have a deep and abiding love for all things Disney (although sometimes they make it hard…I’m looking at you, Pocahontas). I grew up in the heyday of Disney movies like The Little […]
What Happens When the Honeymoon Phase of Motherhood Ends
By Kenzie Grace of Eggy and the Jet The first month after my daughter was born was amazing; I dropped the majority of my pregnancy weight one week postpartum, I regained all of my energy, I walked daily with my daughter in her stroller, and I was happy. But when […]
Dear Middle School Parents, From a Teacher. You’re Welcome.
By Jennifer Philp of Mother of Bones I know these years are rough. Apparently, the middle school years will be the toughest on us as moms. My kids are still little — 2 and 5 years old — but not a day goes by where I don’t give a mental […]
32 Reasons I’m Feeling Guilty Today
By Stephanie Pappas of snackdinner Right now I’m feeling guilty. Guilty that I grabbed you too roughly to put you back into bed at 3 AM. Guilty that we never have enough produce. Guilty that there are five kinds of sugar cereal in the house. Guilty that I’ve taken to […]