[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] This weekend we tripped across Mister Rogers on Netflix. We had some great bonding time and introduced our first born, age 10, to one of our childhood mainstays. Fred Rogers taught kids lessons, shared the neighborhood of make believe, and welcomed us into his own neighborhood […]
Parenting
How to Take Toddlers Trick-or-Treating
Worried about taking your little monsters out this Halloween? Never fear. Here’s how to take toddlers trick-or-treating and survive. But probably not.
How Playtime and Cake Pops Spawn Sugar Demons
There’s nothing good about “playtime.” Ever. It wasn’t even good for me as a kid. Recess was a time during which no learning took place, and during which a weird, pale girl in pigtails would chase me, threatening to put me in a stew pot. I shit you not. The […]
Confessions of a Former Homework Rescue Mama
by Jennifer Gregory of The Runaway Mama I have a confession to make. You ready? Last year, I rescued my second grade son from imminent homework doom often. Often as in all the time. It sounds innocent enough, but I assure you, it wasn’t. My need to help him led […]
An Open Letter to Single Parents
By Sarah Pierce Dear Amazingly Strong Single Parent, I see you, and I admire you. Since I don’t actually know you and I’m introverted, I’ll probably never say it, but I just wanted to tell you I think you’re doing great. As someone lucky enough to have grown up with two […]
Parents on the Sidelines at Kids’ Sports, Kindly CTFD
By Carrie Tinsley of Carrie On, Y’all God is great, beer is good, and people at kids’ sporting events are crazy. I used to believe that the urban legends you hear about parents getting into fights at kids’ sports were just that: myths that float around suburbia of over-testosteroned dads […]
Allowance: Teaching Children to Save Money
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv at Live By Surprise Given the issues in my first marriage with money (and my ex’s continuing issues managing his), I’ve been trying teach my children how to manage money with an allowance. We’ve come across some obstacles. The children seem to think that a […]
6 Phrases We Used Before Kids…Redefined By Parenthood
Having kids changes everything. Even some of the words and phrases that we used in our pre-baby days seem to have taken on entirely different meanings. Here are six phrases we used before kids, redefined by parenthood: 1. Blowout Before kids: Getting our hair did. Specifically, a salon treatment that […]