By Adele Paul of Tuesday Sisters Seven words to describe my years in grade school? 13 years. 43 kids. No water bottles. Yep. Those were hard times—having to wait until recess to drink from the cesspool of germs that was the communal water fountain, lapping up ice cold water from the end of a lead-filled […]
Parenting
Don’t Tell, But You’re My Favorite
By Valerie Glover of The Snarkicist If you have multiple children, you probably thought about this at some point while they were young. Is there enough love to give all of them equally? Will you end up loving one child more than the other(s)? I’ve talked to people who categorically assert they have a favorite […]
15 Funny and True Tweets about Father’s Day
Okay, people, that special day in June is right around the corner! You got your grills hot and cargo shorts ready, boys? Ready for some totally original and not at all overdone beer and golf jokes? And obligatory “Dad of the Year” mug and matching tie? Good. Let’s do this. Dads are awesome—even if they […]
8 Ways to Know You’re Ready to Move Your Toddler Into a Big Kid Bed
By Becca Carnahan of With Love and a Little Self-Deprecation Conventional wisdom says you should move your toddler out of his crib and into a big kid bed when he can climb out of the crib. That seems smart. #Safety. But did you know that you can move him into a big kid bed even sooner if […]
24 Struggles Kids These Days Will Never Understand
We all tend to look back on the past with fondness, reminiscing about how much better and simpler those days were. This is especially true for many when it comes to childhood, particularly when we compare our own to the one our kids are experiencing. But let’s be honest. It wasn’t all rainbow dust and […]
20 Hilarious Memes By Parents Heading Into Summer Break
It’s the beginning of June. While many of us have already started summer break, others are still wrapping up those last few days of testing and figuring out what to do with all the old schoolwork and awkwardly sized artwork our kids keep bringing home. The weeks before summer are the most hectic of the […]
How I Rebuilt Myself After Depression
By Renee Rocco of reneerocco.com You know how some folks are like, “that b*tch is crazy,” but she’s not a ‘mental’ sort of crazy. Yeah, well, after Jesse was born, I went full-blown insane. I dismissed it as an obsessive need to be the best mommy ever because of how long and rough the road […]
Co-Parenting With Your Not-So-Bad-But-Sometimes-Stupid Ex
By Kate Cartia Breakups suck. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. Ideally, immediately moving on from a craptastic relationship as quickly as possible, “Somebody That I Used to Know”-style, is your best bet, right? Drink some wine, wash the sheets, covertly change that Relationship Status on Facebook so that the girl you did […]