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100 Things to Pack on the 100th Day of School
Everything you bring must be certified organic and made in America. Performance art, including 100 farts on command, don’t count for this assignment.
15 Tweets About How Kids Are Just Disgusting Little Germ Factories
Although we love our children dearly, that love comes with a steep price. It’s too bad it doesn’t also come with an industrial vat of lemon ginger water.
12 Tweets About The School Car Line To Read While You Idle
The car line is that special place where dreams of being a calm and gentle parent/driver go to idle, then die.
Middle School Changes Motherhood Too
Middle school is a time of change for both kids and parents alike. Having two sons who will be in sixth and seventh grade this school year, I have come to see just how much the dynamic between us has shifted recently. The days of having two rambunctious little monkeys with an insatiable appetite for […]
Don’t Be THAT Parent at Open House
The new school year is here, y’all, and that means open house or parent night is just around the corner. Here’s the thing about that, though. We teachers dread it. We don’t really want to be there. Like, at all. Especially if we’ve already been at school since 7 am, keeping children or teenagers from killing each […]
How to Beat the Back to School Blues
It’s almost that time of year again: Time to head back to school. I know, I know. Teachers and students across the country collectively want to punch me in the face right now (while parents likely want to French kiss me). Hey, don’t shoot (or tongue) the messenger, m’kay? It’s officially August (no matter how hard you’ve […]