By Pam Moore of Whatevs…. When choosing whether to bring your breast pump or your baby on your next trip, please consider this comprehensive meta-analysis outlining the merits and pitfalls of each option. It is based on my personal experience and all that I can remember about it, which is limited […]
Parenting
Dear Daughter, Stop Shoving Sh*t Up Your Nose!
By Jenny Halteman For every year of her life, my daughter has shoved some sort of thingamajig up into her perfect little nose. This annual event wouldn’t have me so worried except for the fact that each time it happens it gets a little worse. A little harder to extract. […]
I Am a Child of Divorce. This Is How It’s Shaped My Parenting.
My parents got divorced when I was 8 years old and my brother was 5. What I vividly remember is the four of us sitting on the couch crying after they told us they were separating. My father moved into a decrepit apartment a few miles down the street because […]
Motherhood: Even My Fantasies Are Tired and Crazy
By Gail Cornwall of gailcornwall.com The oldest daughter is six. The youngest is one, and not the type to waste a perfectly good night sleeping. If a mother had two additional pregnancies between these girls producing a miscarriage and a four-year-old boy, how many years has it been since […]
“You Did WHAT to Mommy?” (Talking to My 4-Year-Old About Sex)
By Richard Black of The Unfit Father I’d always thought my daughter would be a little older before she became inquisitive about her beginnings, perhaps well into her 40s when I had just started to suffer from the onset of dementia. Unfortunately, Darcy is four, and what would be a […]
How to Talk to Your Child About Death and Tragedies
From barely babbling little ones to emotionally underdeveloped teenagers, they are watching the news throw itself at our attention. They are seeing social media as we are…puked upon us with stories about people suffering or in pain. Death, disease, and tragedies don’t come with a manual. Religion can almost wholly […]
5 Bullsh*t Ways To Get Your Toddler To Sleep Longer
By Samantha Wassel of Between The Monkey Bars My boys have some sort of twisted, personal vendetta against the joy that is sleep, and I don’t know how to rid them of it. It started a few weeks ago when daylight savings time took effect, i.e. screwed parents everywhere over. […]
What No One Expects When They’re Expecting: My Story of Prenatal Depression
Prenatal depression. Yes, this is a thing. Most people have heard personal accounts and information on post-partum depression, but prenatal depression is rarely, if ever, talked about. This post chronicles my experience. Here is a bit of back story. I have dealt with anxiety and depression for as long […]