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  • Empire Record quotes that apply directly to parenting

    I absolutely adore “Empire Records,” and I wouldn’t be a true fan of the movie about misfit teens learning life lessons while fighting a corporate conglomerate without acknowledging Rex Manning Day (April 8). In honor of this special day, I present to you 10 Empire Records quotes that remind me…

  • If moms invented slang

    I am a mom in my thirties, meaning I have zero authority over what is acceptable slang.  I will even admit to having Googled a few words, so I could stop wondering who this damn Felicia woman was, and why everyone was saying goodbye to her. I realize that consulting…

  • Enough with the buts

    I’m a stay-at-home mom, but I don’t spend every second with my kids. I went back to work, but I check in as often as I can. I use formula, but I really wanted to breastfeed. I nurse my two-year-old, but only sometimes. I share a bed with my child,…

  • Sometimes, kids just get mad

    I used to think such websites as “Reasons My Son Is Crying,” were mean-spirited, exploitative and harmful. These were innocent children being used as fodder for our amusement. Just shameless click-bait perpetuated by cruel parents. Surely, there was more to the reasons being presented for their meltdowns. If these kids…

  • Five reasons why my kids can’t touch my phone

    I have nothing against screen time. I believe if the pioneers had invented Facebook, their kids would be playing Farmville, instead of, well, farming. Technology isn’t a scourge on modern childhood, it just is modern childhood. But, as much as I don’t sweat hours spent watching TV, or how many…

  • 5 reasons I refuse to share my phone with the kids

    I have nothing against screen time. I believe if the pioneers had invented Facebook, their kids would be playing Farmville, instead of, well, farming. Technology isn’t a scourge on modern childhood, it just is modern childhood. But, as much as I don’t sweat hours spent watching TV, or how many…

  • This one little thing helped my son eat better

    My three-year-old, like most three-year-olds, is, shall we say, particular, when it comes to food. He wasn’t always this way. When he first began eating solid food, he would consume anything put in front of him. And my smug self thought I had birthed the perfect little gourmand.

  • How to assemble a toy in 101 easy steps

    It’s never just “some assembly required.”

  • 5 Alternative uses for a toddler bed

      When I was pregnant with my second child, getting my oldest to sleep in his own bed became a battle I just didn’t want to fight anymore. So, we started bed-sharing. (Why it is called that is beyond me, there is no “sharing” a bed with a toddler. You…

  • I can’t be upset, today

    I didn’t cry over 9/11. Well, not at first. I remember a lot about that day: the note on the college classroom door, the constant news footage, the vigils. I don’t remember crying. I don’t remember being upset. People were emotionally crumbling like the towers they kept showing on repeat,…