My kids asked me this week if they could have a lemonade stand. My first reaction was “YES!” and I was excited at the thought of them earning their own money and learning a little about the value of work. I remember doing summer lemonade stands as a kid without […]
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Depression – The One Word I Wish My Kids Never Knew
Depression. As a writer, a lover of all words big and small, it is one of very few I can say I vehemently hate. The ugliest of words, it is. It defines everything that has ever gone wrong in my life, my head, and my soul. It is the catalyst […]
Dear Pre-Baby Me: What No One Tells You About Breastfeeding
Dear Pre-Baby Me: So you want to breastfeed your future baby. Good for you! You should do it. If you can, I mean. Not everyone is able to, and that’s okay. Not everyone wants to, either, and that’s also okay. Here’s what no one tells you about breastfeeding, though: it’s fucking hard. Wait, […]
Guess Who Is Really Killing It at Motherhood?
All over the internet, divisive parenting comment threads continue to separate us. Millennial moms vs. Gen X moms vs. Gen Y moms vs. your damn grandma. A while back, an article on Elite daily titled “The New Face of Motherhood” seemed to once again throw more coals on an already hot […]
How to Deal With Everyone Else’s Parents
The teen years are when we most often hear about what everyone else’s parents do. Everyone else’s parents let them stay out until 2 am. Everyone else’s parents are letting them spend an unsupervised weekend at the shore. Everyone else’s parents bought them the newest iPhone and iPad (or other […]
#alllivesmatter—But Do They?
The older I get, the more I see what is painfully obvious: Our nation remains burdened by the plague of racism. And yet, while I find this fact to be indisputable, so many disagree. For every fellow American who nods along with me and laments our pathetic state of racial disparities, there seem […]
How to Help Your Teen Manage Money
Most people get their first job as a teenager. For many, this first job is babysitting, pet or house sitting, dog walking, shoveling snow or mowing lawns. For others, it is a job at a restaurant, local store, movie theater or other entertainment venue. The reasons for working are many: […]
Dear Pre-Baby Me: Things You Will Google as a New Parent (and Why You Shouldn’t)
Dear Pre-Baby Me: I’m just going to cut to the chase here: Google is the Enemy. I know — you love Google. Google’s your favourite! In fact, back when you worked at that job you hated with the coworkers you adored, said coworkers had a running joke whenever a debate […]