Why the Crazy Cost of Parenting Is My Fault (& Yours, Too)

August 11, 2015

As a kid, I got a dollar for an entire day at the beach. I could go to the arcade and spend it on 10 minutes of Pac-Man fun, or I could eat my weight in Swedish Fish. During the school year, I got $5 a week to cover lunches. I never got an allowance. If I wanted things, I mowed the neighbor’s lawn, babysat…

Originally from NJ, Alyson lives in the Midwest but has kept her sarcastic cynical Jersey attitude. She has been described as the Andy Rooney of Stay-at-Home Moms. You can find her blogging about the many disasters and observations of her life at her successful adult humor site TheShitastrophy.com. She is the co-creator of the Amazon Bestselling anthology Surviving Mental Illness Through Humor. Alyson is also a contributor to the anthology My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Leaving and Losing Friends and the sequel I Still Just Want to Pee Alone. She has had works featured at Good Housekeeping, Scary Mommy, Huffington Post, Mamapedia, and others. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google +.