In many places across the country, parents and kids are busily preparing for back to school, and soon, teachers everywhere will be making that school supply list, checking it twice, and sending it out to this year’s fresh crop of students, if they haven’t already. (And YES, I did just shudder because as a teacher,…
6 Things Nobody Knew We Needed in 1997
By Rachel Stewart Johnson of rachelstewjo.wordpress.com Here’s a rumor: There was once a time when human beings could sit in waiting rooms occupied only by a 13-month-old edition of an employee newsletter called Focus: Health. Turns out there are many components of modern life we didn’t know we needed years ago. Here are a few examples…
Fellow Parents: Please Stop Pretending You Know What You’re Doing
By Julianna Mendelsohn Like many folks these days, I have a few group text threads and group Facebook messenger threads running at any given moment. My local mom friends text, book club group DM, and a group DM for fellow admins of a Facebook group I manage, among others. In the past 6 months or so…
Microsoft Is Discontinuing Paint and Now How Am I Supposed to Crop My Laptop Screenshots?
Microsoft announced it will be getting rid of Paint in its next Windows 10 update and I don’t even know what to do with my life anymore. If you, too, are a member of what is now being dubbed the Xennial generation, you know all about growing up analog and transitioning to digital as an…
My Daughter Is a Liar
By Emily James of emilysarahjames.wordpress.com My 4-year-old is a liar. She tells me things like, “I don’t need to go to the bathroom,” and, “I already blew my nose.” The way she curls her lip, puts her chin down and looks off to the side gives it away, so I’m still safe. But just as…
A Night Owl’s Guide to Raising an Early Bird
By Rebecca Lang of Becky::Rebecca I’m going stop you right here if you’re looking for practical advice on how to manage mornings with early risers when you, yourself, are not a morning person. All of the coffee in the world or clever breakfast hacks prepped the night before won’t change the fact that you’d rather…
Zap Zap Kindergarten Math App Is My New Favorite Thing
This post is sponsored by Zap Zap Kindergarten Math Earlier today I was in desperate need of a shower. My hair was in a greasy perma-tail, and I smelled like burned cinnamon rolls and dirty laundry. Unfortunately, as the mother of a three-year-old and a 5-year-old, I can’t just go hopping in the shower like…
Dear Postpartum Depression: You Are a LIAR
By Lindsay Stauffer Dear Postpartum Depression: You’re brilliant. No really, you are. You let me make it through my first pregnancy completely unscathed, with nothing more than a few days of the baby blues, so that the second time around my guard would be completely down. I never saw you coming. You weren’t even on…
32 Years Later, Billie Jean Is Still the Hero We All Need
32 years ago today, The Legend of Billie Jean premiered, and teenage girls across the country found a new hero. The movie’s premise was simple enough: underdog seeks justice. Or if you prefer the official movie tagline: “When you’re seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them…
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