“Your child has _____.” These are words no parent ever wants to hear. It doesn’t matter whether the diagnosis is Autism Spectrum Disorder or cancer; the flood of emotions is intense and raw and sometimes debilitating. I know because I’ve been through it. Every painful, nightmarish step toward acceptance. I’ve […]
Thinking about maybe having a baby? Awesome! Just know that having a pet is NOTHING like having a kid, so if you’re one of those people who thought getting a puppy would prepare you for the demands of raising a child, you couldn’t have been further off. There are some […]
It’s a Mexican standoff. I’m braced in front of the bedroom door in the hallway, holding the handle so Ewing, 3, can’t escape. Ewing is standing on the other side, furiously twisting the knob and banging on the door, screaming unintelligibly about something having to do with him not needing […]
I’m an emotional time bomb these days. Most recently, while writing a farewell letter to my high school students, I got all teary-eyed thinking about how much I was going to miss them this summer. The normal, not pregnant me would have had those feelings in my heart but would […]
For many, pregnancy is this wonderfully glorious experience. For others, like me, pregnancy is exactly the opposite. Know someone who’s knocked up? Let me help you communicate with her. I present to you a little something I’m calling Don’t Fucking Say These Things to Pregnant Women Ever. Or Pregnancy Comments to Avoid. I’m […]
It’s summer vacation, which means at any given moment on any given day parents across the nation are flooding social media with complaints about how much they hate summer and what they wouldn’t give to send their kids back to school NOW. RIGHT NOW. This, of course, makes me laugh […]
Mommy Wars got you confused about which parenting methods won’t turn your kid into a serial killer? Shhhhh. It’s OK. Check it out. How to Raise Kids — The RIGHT Way 1. Breastfeed them. Or don’t. If you want to give the natural way a shot and you have the […]
The teacher’s child sits alone, doodling on a scrap of paper with worn crayons and pens found in couch cushions. “Look at my drawing, Mommy,” he says, proudly thrusting his sketch between her and the stack of papers on her lap. “It’s you.” “That’s great,” the teacher praises, briefly glancing up from […]