Ah, back to school season. Kids have fresh new shoes with the soles still attached. Lunches are packed again with fruit they won’t eat. And library books are already missing. It’s good times. But by far the best part of this time of year is the guilt we feel when […]
Education
What to Expect When You’re Eclipsing: A Practical Guide
By Sarah Caughron First thing is first – what is actually happening on August 21, 2017? {You can find lots of great online resources – many that I’ve linked in the body of this post – that go into great detail, but for the purposes of not writing a textbook, […]
20 Funny Back to School Memes That Speak to Every Parent’s Soul
Back to school is simultaneously the most joyous and hellish of occasions for parents. On the one hand, you can finally ship your kids off to someplace else and get a little peace and quiet already. Kids refusing to listen, leaving trash all over the place, and bickering non-stop? Sorry, […]
Teacher’s Viral Post About That School Supply List Delivers Important Parenting Lesson
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 […]
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 […]
I Chose to Redshirt My Son, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think
By Melanie Forstall Lemoine of Is It Just Me? Stories of Love, Life, and Mothering Our bodies are amazing. When pregnant, I’d say they are miraculous. Less than 72-hours after one romp of unprotected make-up sex, I knew I was pregnant with our second child. Highly unlikely considering I was 36 […]
How Well Can You Identify Fake News? This Online Game Will Score Your Ability
“Fake news” is a term thrown about quite a lot lately thanks to our POTUS’s insistence that just about everything in the media he doesn’t like is fake. And while many times his claims are bogus, that doesn’t mean fake news isn’t infiltrating our news feeds on a daily basis. […]
Mom Receives Threats for Piercing Baby’s Cheek Because Critical Reading Is Apparently Dead
Mom of 6, Enedina Vance, is under fire for piercing her baby’s cheek and broadcasting it to Facebook. Except Vance didn’t actually pierce her child’s dimple. Rather, her post was a sarcastic, Photoshopped jab at anyone who thinks body modification without consent is acceptable, and apparently the internet either doesn’t […]