If I do my son's coloring pages, I'm providing myself with some well-earned relaxation while forcing my child to find something more productive to do with his time. It's a win-win.
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Three year olds don’t mean to be assholes; they just are.
Somer Sherwood of xojane.com in
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May 15, 2013 at 7:00pm | 0 comments
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I recognize that it’s ridiculous of me to demand that something be planned in my honor, while at the same time insisting that I shouldn’t be the one to plan it.
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May 8, 2013 at 6:00pm | 0 comments
kids
Those quiet three-year-old girls playing nicely with their blocks? They're going to be horrible to their moms in about 10 years.
jen kirkman
"I'm just learning how sensitive people are, and sometimes they think that if you're doing something different, then you're judging them."
Julieanne of xojane.com in
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Apr 24, 2013 at 10:00pm | 0 comments
babies
I don't actually hate your baby! It was just a thing I did for money once.
Julieanne of xojane.com in
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Apr 9, 2013 at 5:00pm | 0 comments
illeism
We are all super annoying to each other, now that we always know what everyone else is doing and thinking, at all times.
moral dilemmas
Was I just being a crazy bird lady? Was I shoving my own beliefs down this family's throat? Should I just have minded my own business?
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Apr 3, 2013 at 9:00pm | 5 comments
what the parenting books don't tell you
When my son was a baby, I often imagined what my life would be like if I had NOT had a child -- and yes, sometimes I wished that I hadn’t.
kids
I recently changed my computer’s desktop wallpaper to an image of Rainbow Dash with her mane flowing insouciantly in the wind. So that happened.
fat
Young kids' burgeoning obsessions with their weight and dieting are tragic, yes. But surprising? Not in the least.
kids
Are there times when being a parent totally sucks? I’m sure there are. But there are also times when it totally sucks to be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a partner, or anything else.
ihtm contest
Between the biological urge of my body, and the now raging doubt in my brain, I am stuck. I love my foster kids, all 4 of them, but I just don’t know if I want to do it again “for real.”
dads
I left my two kids in their father's care in 2006, and they have lived with him ever since. My boys are getting the best care from the parent who is able to do it the best.
kids
Even if I'm not actively thinking about all the ways I'm screwing up, the guilt is lurking there in the background.
parenting
When you are chasing a naked five- year-old in circles with a tiny red skirt in one hand and your sanity in the other, some might say you’ve hit rock bottom. Others might call it parenthood.
parenting
Tell me: how do you stop the sh!t train from leaving f@$k station, when you are born with a potty mouth like mine?
kids
Given the choice between teen pregnancy and no kids at all, I chose the former. And I don't regret it one bit.
babies
I'm embarrassed to admit to you and to anybody that I'm not sure how I feel about babies at a time when it's maybe most important for me to know.
kids
The idea that there are 16,000 foster children in NYC alone, each as unique and precious as my foster son, each needing stable, loving homes both temporary and permanent, actually hurts me when I think about it, makes it hard to breathe.
age
Or else I'm just a huge weirdo. OH, NO, WHAT IF I'M BOTH?
happiness
For a woman, joy must be expressed carefully. Because to express your happiness too wantonly, too ebulliently or widely, is to risk a quick shutdown from those who are not experiencing the same happiness.
