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. […]
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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. […]
20 Back to School Things Teachers CAN’T WAIT To Do
As the new school year begins and many teachers are either already back in their classrooms or busily preparing to be there soon, there are several things they also CAN’T WAIT to deal with (if they’re not dealing with them already.) I present you with 20 start-of-school things teachers can’t […]
Putting My College Degree to Use As a Stay at Home Mom
By Allee Moore of Griselda Mood. I don’t even know where my actual master’s degree is. That very expensive thin piece of paper with Old English font telling the entire world that I am a master of some subject that I paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn about. […]
How to Back to School Shop in 18 Easy Steps
Step 1: Declare it is official “Back to School Shopping Day!” Step 2: Load all three kids in car (only one of whom needs back to school supplies as the other two will still be home. With you. Every day. All the time. But, that’s neither here nor there.) Step […]
Why Moms Need to Stop Being Offended By “Cherish Every Moment”
By Crystal Cook of The Qwiet Muse Lately, I’ve noticed a trend among newer moms, many of whom seem to be banding together and bonding over something some of them seem to be annoyed and insulted by, and I’m having a difficult time wrapping my head around it. I’ve seen […]
A Handy Back-to-School Checklist for Teacher Moms
Teacher Mom: a mother who raises not only her own children, but thousands of other children. For many of us, the first official day back to school is the day after Labor Day. While some moms may be secretly cheering, others are openly bawling. For most of us, we’re feeling […]
Dear Fellow Mom Who Was Neglecting Her Kids
Dear Fellow Mom: As I sit and write this I am shaky from the encounter I had with your children. You are not aware of the encounter or of me really. You were asleep. And when you were awoken it was by a cop and not me. I am the […]