Summer break is here, and it is kicking my ass. My husband and I are notoriously poor planners when it comes to dealing with our kid’s extended time off from school. Somehow, I always forget how stressful it is to meet deadlines in my home office with small kids running around, and he always forgets […]
My mom friends have all called me strict because my kids don’t have screens. Of any kind. We don’t do tablets or smartphones or streaming anything. If my kids want to watch something, it’s either a movie we got from the library or PBS Kids. Why? Because my husband and I had analog childhoods and […]
If you’re raising a kid in the digital age then you’ve likely experienced the comical discovery that your child has taken 700 selfies of their forehead after taking your phone when you weren’t looking. Or, if you’re me, your kid tapped enough wrong number combinations to disable your phone for a few hours. One San […]
Women have been fighting to have our voices heard since forever. We’ve had to struggle to prove our worth to take on what was once considered traditional male roles, like firefighters, police officers, attorneys and politicians. It was less than 100 years ago, in fact, that we won our right to vote. Today, strong-as-steel […]
When I was growing up in the 1980’s Barbie came in one size and color: white blonde girl with blue eyes and crazy distorted body proportions. Feminists the world over have spent years pointing at Barbie as an example of training young girls to have hypersexualized and unrealistic body ideals. Although it would take decades […]
Getty Images We can all probably agree that tattoos are an expressive art form that is deeply personal in nature. Now that tattoos are no longer taboo or scandalous to bare in public, more and more people are displaying their ink without shame, especially moms. There are lots of fabulous ideas for how moms can […]
Ever notice how when you give a little kid some control over their lives they feel important? I don’t mean like setting their own bedtime but more like letting them choose their own clothes – or what they eat. When my husband and I realized this about our kids, it made eating in restaurants so […]
Allow me to paint a picture of our family life: when I wake up, the first thing I do is reach for is my phone. I stare at it while I brew the coffee. I use it to check the news, social media, email, and our bank account. My husband wakes up and does the […]
Getty Images Losing sight of your child, no matter how briefly it is, can make any parent panic. And as scary as it is for you, it’s even more frightening for them. So before you venture out to your next crowded event or location, there are some simple steps you can take to ensure that […]
I remember the moment I realized I messed up. My youngest daughter was on the potty for the first time, and my four-year-old came into the bathroom, crowding my legs as he was eager to join the celebration. His little voice piped up with an innocent question: “Where’s her willy?” I’m a mother of three, […]
Bet you are relieved that you (barely) survived the “terrible twos” and the even more fun “terrible threes”. And you probably thought you were in the clear after that. Nope. The real fun starts when your kids enter their tweens. The tantrum filled toddler years are actually quite similar to the tween years. Kids want […]
I know I should have arranged some sort of camp thing for my kids this summer months ago, but it seems I hit a tricky spot. On one hand, they are old enough to be fairly independent. On the other hand, they should be out there socializing. On the third hand, I work from home, […]
