By Yvette Manes of AquaSeventy6 If you are on Facebook, you probably get that little daily notification reminding you of things you said, did, shared and uploaded on this day each year. Every morning, my feelings about this feature range from nostalgia to utter mortification. It is as though each […]
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Ways We Bully on Social Media–And Don’t Even Know It
By Whitney Fleming of Playdates on Fridays “Everyone is somebody’s daughter; everyone is somebody’s son.” My Facebookaversary is coming up soon. Yep, I’ve been wasting time in the black hole of the Internet for nearly thousands of days and loving every second of it. But it hasn’t all been sunshine […]
Playing With My Kid Is Awesome? I Don’t Think So.
I remember when my baby was five months old, we started going to Baby Group. It was my savior, my safe place, my guide to being a mom. I have eleven nieces and nephews, but I hadn’t been that interested enough in babies to become informed about them. I […]
Top Reasons Your Toddler Wakes Every Night
By Diana Kane of Mama Needs A Cupcake The magical day of tantrums and spilled milk is finally coming to a close. You carry your flailing toddler up the stairs to commence the blissful “six” hour bedtime routine. There’s pottying, teeth brushing, reading of a million books and talk about the […]
6 Things You Can Accomplish While on the Toilet
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of My Life Multitasking is the only way parents achieve anything with little kids underfoot. For many of us, a trip to the bathroom provides us a few seconds to just be still, catch our breath and be alone. Those few minutes are priceless. […]
The Most Hilarious People on Facebook Last Week
Between the continued political asshattery and Kim K’s nude selfie, this has been quite the week in popular culture. Thank goodness we have these hilarious people on Facebook to help us laugh before we lock ourselves in a room and cry. Check them out and then give them a follow […]
How to Listen to Your Childhood Dreamer
Do you remember what age you were first asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Did you fantasize about being an astronaut, a superhero, a nurse? Did you have a favorite sport to play, instrument to practice, story to read, or dream to lose yourself in […]
5 Things I’ve Learned Since Becoming a Dad
I’m married to a wonderful woman, and I have two happy, healthy boys, one 5 and one 3. I had plenty of time to learn plenty of things about life before diving in to this whole ‘family man’ lifestyle. In fact, I’d worked for nearly two decades in the ‘caring’ […]