By Andrea Marlene of bumblebirdblog.com Well, I made it. “Birthday Season” at our house is finally over. Through either bad luck or poor timing, in the late summer through fall our family celebrates one birthday after another. The weekends are jam-packed with parties and the weekdays are full of planning and […]
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Learning How to Drink, Parent, and Other Practical Applications of a Liberal Arts Degree
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Richard Black of The Unfit Father It’s not that I didn’t enjoy college. I probably enjoyed the experience quite a bit. I say “probably” because I don’t remember much from that time in my life. In addition to a thirst for knowledge, I also developed […]
Dear Those Fathers of the World…
By Samina Farooq of Ayeina Dear those fathers of the world, If you can’t change your babies’ diapers because they are too poopy or change their clothes because they are too tiny, If you can’t swaddle them because that’s too complicated or bathe them because you’re afraid you’ll drop them, If […]
10 Guaranteed Ways to Raise a Stupid Kid
By Samantha Wassel of Between the Monkey Bars Are you a mom or planning to become one? Do you have the internet? How about a TV? In-laws? Eyes? Ears? A pulse? If so, you probably know that no one, anywhere, has anything to say about how you’re choosing to raise your […]
The Conversation I’m Scared to Have with My Daughter
My daughter is two-years-old. Actually, she is a few days shy of 27 months, but I think you stop counting months after their second birthday — clothing companies sure do. She is young and blissfully ignorant of the world around her (i.e. her entire world consists of Elmo, Mickey, and goldfish) but […]
On Getting Older: Is That Hair on My Toes?
The other night while getting ready for bed, I yelled to my husband, “Look at this! What the fuck is this!? Oh my god, I have hair sprouting from my big toes!!!” “It’s just hair.” “BUT FROM MY TOES!?” The older I get, the hairier I’m getting! Last week, while […]
6 Ways C-sections and Vaginal Childbirth Are the Same
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of (my) Life My first daughter arrived at 39 weeks. On Thanksgiving Day. Her entrance came via emergency c-section after hours of pushing with little progress. You don’t know exhaustion until you’re trying to push a human out for hours on no fuel and […]
Last Week’s 10 Funniest Facebookers
Need a laugh? Now that the days are shorter and we’re all recovering from our candy hangovers and preparing to hate ourselves more by stuffing our faces on Thanksgiving, who doesn’t? In no particular order, here are the 10 funniest Facebookers from last week to the rescue. Enjoy! 1. It’s […]