By Marlene Kern Fischer of Thoughts From Aisle Four A local mother was shocked when her nanny/housekeeper quit with no notice. The mother came home from a lunch with friends to find the nanny waiting with her coat on and purse in hand. As soon as the mother entered her home, the […]
By Shya Gibbons of Vintage Dreams With A Modern Twist Men, Some of you have been with us for decades, but we have a few new dads here. Perhaps they know of the club because their fathers are card-carrying members, and I wanted to add a little refresher course to […]
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama First things first, this IS a parenting page, right? I come here to LAUGH (and for the wine and yoga pants memes, obvi), not to be subjected to political posts. This site should be about RAISING CHILDREN, not about the well-being of the country […]
By Julie Vick of julievick.com Go ahead and choose whichever bed you want — Edwin needs to sleep in this adult-sized baby swing we had constructed for him. Just keep it on the lowest setting playing “Hush little baby, don’t say a word…” on repeat throughout the night. The timer runs […]
By Andrew Knott of Explorations of Ambiguity As the dad of three children under age 5, Jason had become accustomed to strangers showering him with praise for performing mundane parenting duties like caring for his children in public for five minutes. “The thing no one tells you about fatherhood,” Jason said, “is […]
I was in the grocery store yesterday, picking up some organic produce, and I witnessed something absolutely horrific. The mother in front of me in the checkout line had a small child, maybe 2 or 3 years old, and the child was having the worst tantrum I have ever […]
By Andrew Knott of Explorations of Ambiguity By now you have certainly heard about HBO’s new series, The Young Pope, and more importantly, the hilarious and/or confusing memes and tweets the show has inspired. If you haven’t heard, well, maybe you’re irrelevant or you have a life. In an attempt to maintain […]
By Marissa Macy of marissamacy.com 7:00 a.m. — Arrive at the classroom. Make yourself a small sanctuary in the far corner of the room. Use foam blocks from the play area to create a barricade. Secure them with duct tape to make a wall that is tall enough to keep them out. […]