Why Parents Shouldn’t Announce College Acceptances on Social Media My graduating high school class was under one hundred students. It was a wonderful public school in a small town…
This Viral Video About Motherhood Is Guaranteed to Make You Cry Oh, Hallmark, you do know how to tug on a mom’s heartstrings. When I first had my kids, I would…
It Is Time We Bring Our Sons Into the Periods and Other “Lady Parts Talk” Conversation Today I have a very simple ask: Teach your sons about periods, vaginas, and how all the female bits and…
The Mommy With the Dragon Tattoo: How to Explain Your Tats to Your Kids Do you have tattoos? If so, how to do you explain them to your kids? Our blogger shares her experience.
Social Media Brought My Teen and I Closer Together I had my firstborn son pretty young, and although there’s an assumption that a young mom is a cool mom,…
Colic Won’t Kill You But It Will Make You Crazy My first child screamed for the first 3 months of life. The moment he turned 4 months old, it stopped,…
I’m Over the Anti-Pink Movement The anti-pink, anti-girlie thing is narrow-minded and annoying. Here's why.
As A Mom To Middle Schoolers And High Schoolers, Yes, I Want Them To Be Popular When I was in school, I was friends with everyone. While I tended to hang with the ‘popular’ crowd the…
We’re Going To Be Broke Until Our Kids Grow Up And That’s Okay Before I got pregnant I fully intended to work through my pregnancy, take a short maternity leave then head back…
I Kept My Cancer Treatment a Secret From My Kids And Here’s Why I’ve always operated on a need-to-know basis with my kids when it came to providing information and as their mom,…