Of all the holidays we must partake in, I think parents with kids aged newborn to five-year-olds should simply opt-out of Halloween. At the risk of being a massive…
“You shouldn’t wear a bra you know….your breast muscles will go weak and then they will sag.” She followed with a persuasive swoosh of her long golden locks,…
My grandmother’s sister died at the age of 10 from diphtheria. The loss devastated her. So when my mother, her fourth child started showing signs of the strangling…
Every morning I scan the news headlines. This morning I came across an article about the tragic death of an eighteen-year-old girl. She was celebrating her high school…
I live with a bully I can’t escape. She whispers in my ear–every hour of every day, every month of every year. Here are some of the things…
When my first daughter was born, I lucked out and saw a presentation by the authors of NutureShock: New Thinking About Children. The book’s premise was taking long-held parenting…
Bedtime has been really rough lately. It isn’t pajama war or soap-sud-phobia. We’ve managed to overcome both —eventually. One glimpse of a dentist’s needle brought forth a new…
Let’s just start off with the fact that I have control issues. I am not sure if it is genetic or learned, whichever it is, I’ve got it…
I used to spend hours stewing over the fact that I always had to change the toilet roll, and bitching about it. It wasn’t even just changing the…
Since Sandy Hook in December of 2012, there have been over 1000 mass shootings in the United States. As we approach the three year tragiversary, I can’t help…