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 […]
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 […]
To the People Trying Not to Raise A-Holes: You Are
By Kristina Hammer of The Daily Rantings of an Angrivated Mom Every so often, I stumble across people who are raising their kids, inadvertently, to turn out to be assholes. Not in the typical attention-starved/bought-love/no-rules kind of way. In the too-many-rules/smothered-love/attention-hogging kind of way. These kinds of parents don’t even consider […]
Not in My Job Description: Single Mom or Super Mom?
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv of Live By Surprise Ahhh…single motherhood. The best unpaid job that you’ll ever have. Single moms see it all – a 24/7 job with no pay but so many fringe benefits. JOB TITLE: Mom, Mamma, Mama, Mother, (ROLLING EYES) Mooooomm! POSITION PURPOSE: The role of the […]