I have always said children are like drunk fraternity boys. If you have kids of your own or have spent any significant amount of time around them, you know they are careless, to say the least. They walk by tables and other furniture like Godzilla, waving their arms and knocking […]
Parenting
What They Don’t Teach You in Childbirth Classes (But Should)
By Mumma McD of Toilets Aren’t for Turtles Mr. McD and I went to childbirth classes at our local public hospital when I was in the later stages of pregnancy with Little Miss. We never really discussed the pros and cons of going; we just went along because we were told to […]
20 Tell-Tale Signs You Parent an Anxious Kid
Parenting an anxious kid is like parenting a different species. Those of you who have anxious kids know what I mean. When you are in the trenches with an anxious kid – you better learn to laugh. Not sure you have an anxious kid? Here are some tell-tale signs! […]
The Kindness Challenge: 12 Ways to Encourage Other Moms
By Samantha Wassel of Between the Monkey Bars Look around the mothering community—both online and off it—and you’ll see it everywhere: Judgment. Mockery. Contempt. Resentment. Cruelty. *Sigh* Mamas, what are we doing to one another? Motherhood is supposed to be a force that unites us, not one that divides us. […]
A Letter to My Eternally Optimistic Child
By Kelly Arnell of Why Did We Have to Have All These Kids Anyway? Dear Middle Child, I don’t know why you are such an optimist, but please, please don’t ever change. No matter what the problem — spilled milk, skinned knee, rainy day — doesn’t matter, your response is […]
4 Reasons Back to School Can Suck My…
By Darla Halyk of New World Mom My least favorite summer month is August. It comes a close second to how I feel about Sundays. I love my day of rest, I really do. But as Sunday progresses into the evening hours, I feel my sense of relaxation disintegrating into […]
This Worries Me Most About My Son Starting Kindergarten
My five year-old son is about to start a giant milestone: grade school. Mainly because of his August birthday, he will be entering junior kindergarten. I don’t doubt the decision to put my son in junior kindergarten. My husband and I, alongside our son’s preschool teachers, spent months discussing the […]
How to Maintain Sanity While Raising Kids
People always said raising children is hard. F*ck that! SURVIVING children is hard. I’m pretty sure I gave up on “raising” them two kids ago. The raising will come, eventually. That’s what school and grandparents are for. Right now we are focused solely on making it through each day, alive. […]