Ideas for Taming the Tweenage Beast
My pre-teen daughter is a fucking nightmare. And by “fucking nightmare,” I mean she’s a perfectly-normal, emotionally-charged, almost-twelve-year-old girl. It’s just that the hormones in
My pre-teen daughter is a fucking nightmare. And by “fucking nightmare,” I mean she’s a perfectly-normal, emotionally-charged, almost-twelve-year-old girl. It’s just that the hormones in
Your kids are getting older, and bedtime battles are a thing of the past (maybe). The small people go to bed willingly and actually sleep
Over the summer, my 11-year-old (and very picky) daughter announced that she’d become a vegetarian. Except for bacon. She’d still eat bacon. I laughed at
My husband and I do regular date nights with our kids. We alternate which kid we go out with, and we let the kids
When I was pregnant with our first child—a girl—there weren’t many baby-making decisions for me and my husband to make, and the ones that we
I’ve started a new club. It’s a very important club, but I’m only inviting a few friends. Honestly, I don’t think most of you can
Nature versus Nurture is hot debate that scholars and scientists have had for hundreds of years. They like to make it super complicated, but it basically boils
My son Colin and I pull into Target after dropping off my daughter at dance. His eyes light up. (He loves Target as much as
My son Colin loves to fart. He always has. Farts make him giggle hysterically. He loves the noise that they make and the way
If you recall, my daughter Erin and I brainstormed ideas for her 5th grade science fair project earlier in the year. I threw out a
I spent my Mother’s Day at an overly long and uncomfortable mass and then hosting a celebratory brunch at my house for my mom, mother-in-law,
I’ve seen some bad, bad shit in my life and had some soul-crushing conversations; talking about puberty and reproduction was going to be a breeze.
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