Many of you are out there furiously doing last minute shopping, planning your holiday feasts, wrapping all those gifts, and addressing those holiday cards you paid rush shipping for, only to forget about them until you would have received them had you just paid the regular damn shipping to begin […]
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Child Learns Truth About Santa, Shocks Parents Internet-Wide
It’s inevitable. One day, our kids will learn the truth about the jolly guy in red, and while we expect their reactions to this news to range from disappointment to disbelief, few parents actually ever expect THIS. Recently, Nicki Adams had to break the news about Santa to her 10-year-old […]
When ‘Fine’ Isn’t Fine: Special Needs & Strained Dinner Conversations
By Jennifer Philp-Zakic of Branko Has Funny Bones I sit and stare, nervously taking a large a sip of wine. I’m concerned I’ll run out too quickly and that one of my dinner companions will make a mental note to tell her husband later on in the night that she “drinks too […]
Do Cry, Little Guy: Letting Our Children Manage Emotions
By Tara Jordan of Book Birdie It’s dusk. Chilly. I’m holding my five-year-old son’s hand as we walk the streets of Boston. He’s wearing cleats, shin guards, and a neon yellow uniform. He’s number nine and proud of it. He’s also wailing. And has been since we started the mile-long […]
Top 10 Reasons I’m Glad I Grew Up WITHOUT Facebook
We have seen technology change the whole way we communicate, socialize, date and interact in the last two decades, but are we always better off for it? For many of us born in the late seventies/early eighties, we grew up in a whole different time — a time when smart […]
Fantasy vs Reality of Holidays with Toddlers
Ahhh, the holidays! This is my favorite time of the year. Everyone’s so generous and joyful (well, unless you’re upset about a red cup), and there’s just a warm and happy feeling in the air. That is, unless you have toddlers… If you have toddlers, you know this time of […]
This Is Bulimia
By Jessica Cobb of Domestic Pirate There is a poison in my consciousness. This poison has seeped so deep into my mind that it feels like an intrinsic part of the woman I have become. “You look good; you’ve lost weight,” as if the disease in my brain is acceptable […]
7 Pregnancy Excuses That Are Totally Legit
By Celeste of And What A Mom! Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. And I’m not just saying that because I’m in the blissful second trimester, where the morning sickness is all but forgotten, the little bump is so cute, and I’m still sleeping comfortably. Ok, maybe I’m a little jaded […]