Let me make this very clear for those of you who are still confused about why so many of us are angry right now. I have had boys I knew pull my hair without permission, hurting me because they thought I was pretty. I have had boys I knew snap my training bra strap without […]
People Who Should Not Have Kids (According to the Internet This Week)
I learn a lot from comment threads on the internet. Helpful things, like recipes, books my kids might like to read, how I shouldn’t be a mother. Stuff like that. I figured you might be busy today, so I scrolled through some of the things commenters have said in various comment threads on articles about […]
Why I Am Okay with My Daughter Being Heartbroken Over a Girl Named Ruby
A little girl named Ruby is breaking my daughter’s heart, and I’m okay with that. Her third grade class is watching the movie Ruby Bridges, the true story of a little African-American girl who integrated an all-white school in New Orleans by herself in 1960, per court order. My daughter and her peers view it […]
How Being a Parent is Like Being on Supernatural
Sam and Dean Winchester from the CW’s Supernatural are basically you and me. I learned this because I love a good TV binge: they cleanse your soul. At least, they cleanse mine, because I binge from my special corner spot on the couch in the basement, where I cannot see all the housework (or family […]
The Two Words I Say to My Kids Every Day
It was a cranky morning. I hustled my kids out of bed, into breakfast, into clean clothes, into backpacks, into the car, the whole while on a diatribe of epic proportions about not listening, being late, how they’re old enough to understand what’s expected of them. Blah blah blah. Nag nag nag. I was sick […]
54 Things To Do Before Having Kids
I don’t know whether you’ve ever heard this before, but parenthood changes a few things about your life. Not, like, everything. I mean, you’re still human beings who breathe and stuff after you have some offspring. But preeeetty much everything else changes—at least for a while. As a card-carrying member of the Yep, I Procreated […]
81 Things Dads Do That Make Us Weak in the Knees
My friends and I agree: fatherhood makes guys more attractive. Sexier. Just plain old hotter. Sure, the dads on TV and in movies are usually made to look like bumbling dolts, but I think we all know that’s completely incorrect. My experience has been that dads can be pretty awesome, involved, and have the magical ability to make […]