[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] As eager parents hook themselves to its endless drip of contradictory advice, the Internet has managed to create a breeding ground for competitive parenting. It whispers to us about these so-called Mommy Wars, a concept some of us have bought into and perpetuated. Interpretations of […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] As a digital immigrant, I’m relatively new to the Internet. I remember in high school, my parents got a dial-up modem, opening up the confusing and somewhat titillating world of chat rooms. I excitedly chatted with strangers from across the globe (most of them likely perverts […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] You just took a call from your child’s doctor. It wasn’t his staff calling with the results; it was the doctor himself, which we all know only means that the test came back positive for (fill in the blanks). You hang up the phone. Maybe you […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] We all know about stupid kids’ toys. They’re those crappy things you get in Happy Meals or, worse, trinkets that well-meaning relatives and receptionists at the dentist’s office hand out, thinking they’re doing us a favor or something. YOU’RE NOT DOING US ANY FAVORS, OK? Inevitably, […]
We all know times have changed as far as parenting is concerned. Some of what used to be acceptable for our parents to do is now frowned upon if we do it with our own children, and perhaps rightfully so. We live in a dangerous world. Everywhere you turn, there […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] OCTOMOM, I LOVE YOU. I choose you. I contemplate you. It’s you I think about when times are tight here in the First World where we can have babies on top of babies and they don’t starve or suffer, at least not like the other worlds […]
When you’re pregnant, there are myriad things you wish you could just up and do no matter where you are and whom you’re with — things you probably do in the privacy of your own home without reserve. The thing is, you can’t in public. I mean, you could, but […]
When you announce you’re thinking about having a baby or have been trying to have a baby or are knocked up with a baby, friends and family and even strangers in the supermarket come out of the woodwork to oooh you and ahhh you and remind you for the zillionth […]