As the new school year begins and many teachers are either already back in their classrooms or busily preparing to be there soon, there are several things they also CAN’T WAIT to deal with (if they’re not dealing with them already.) I present you with 20 start-of-school things teachers can’t […]
Education
The Supplies Your Child *Actually* Needs for Back to School
By Andrea Marlene of BumbleBirdBlog.com Every year your child’s school sends home a list of supplies that you need to buy in order for your child to be successful in the coming year. And every year it costs an atrocious amount of money and takes a ludicrous amount of time […]
Putting My College Degree to Use As a Stay at Home Mom
By Allee Moore of Griselda Mood. I don’t even know where my actual master’s degree is. That very expensive thin piece of paper with Old English font telling the entire world that I am a master of some subject that I paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn about. […]
How to Back to School Shop in 18 Easy Steps
Step 1: Declare it is official “Back to School Shopping Day!” Step 2: Load all three kids in car (only one of whom needs back to school supplies as the other two will still be home. With you. Every day. All the time. But, that’s neither here nor there.) Step […]
Back to School Dilemma: Our Dirty Little Potty Problem
By Jennifer Collins of Graceful Mess School is starting soon and like many parents I am beyond excited. I’ve never really been able to relate to the mothers that tearfully drop their kids off on the first day of school. Yes, I may have shed a tear or two as I […]
A Handy Back-to-School Checklist for Teacher Moms
Teacher Mom: a mother who raises not only her own children, but thousands of other children. For many of us, the first official day back to school is the day after Labor Day. While some moms may be secretly cheering, others are openly bawling. For most of us, we’re feeling […]
20 Signs You’re A Teacher At The End Of Summer
1. You start having dreams in which you’re not prepared — your syllabus is incomplete, your lesson plans aren’t finished, your copies aren’t made. 2. Back to school displays at the grocery store make you physically ill. 3. You start gauging your level of exhaustion against the teacher-tired-at-the-beginning-of-the-school-year scale and […]
The Argument for Having Open Sex Talks with Kids
A while ago while school was still in session, my oldest son had to attend “Health Class.” He was nervous, claiming the subject made him sick to his stomach. During dinner, we talked about everything from where babies really come from to wet dreams. I know it wasn’t really dinner […]