8 Realistic Ways To Mentally Prepare For Summer With Your Kids

May 25, 2018

I will admit that with summer rapidly approaching, my anxiety level is already starting to rise. Summer can be so much fun. But, it can also be so much work. Sure, I could plop my kids in front of screens all day and they would be perfectly content little zombies, but that stresses me out too because being a 21st-century mom is exhausting.

So, if…

Meredith Ethington is a writer and a mom to three, trying to help her kids understand sarcasm and her need for personal space. Meredith's debut parenting book, Mom Life: Perfection Pending, provides an uplifting yet realistic look at all that is expected of moms in the 21st century and is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at Absolute Love Publishing. She proudly writes for many of her favorite parenting sites, including Scary Mommy, Babble, Momtastic, and on her own blog. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where she loves to laugh at herself and admit that while parenting is the best thing ever, it's also the hardest job on earth.