“Use Your Inside Voice” and Other Mom-isms I Can’t Stop Saying

February 17, 2014

I’m going to count to three.

Don’t touch that.

You like everything on your plate.

Don’t throw your food.

No, you can’t fill the sink with water and create a crab colony.

But the one that comes up over and over again in our house is: Use your inside voice. For the longest time, I thought both of my kids had…

Mandy Dawson is the creator of In Mandyland, an almost daily blog recording her adventures in juggling a full-time job, two active children, four arguing hens, a fluffy bunny, and one ex-husband. A self-diagnosed gardening and crafting addict, she often finds herself gluing together clay pots and trying to discover the cure for brown thumb. When she’s not writing, she can be found burning dinners while she stares off into space with a story idea. She was a regular contributor for Makes Fun of Stuff, Aiming Low, and Six Kitchens, and has been featured on BlogHer and Mamapedia. She is an Assistant Editor for Write on Edge and has had her fiction featured in three anthologies currently available on Amazon.