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Tag: motherhood

  • 6 bad habits only parents can get away with

    Once you reach a certain age, you need to adhere to an accepted level of adulting. Sure, it would be totally fun to sit home in a robe all day drinking White Russians, but we can’t all be “The Dude.” Society expects something of us grownups, and we can’t get away…

  • Thank you, Daniel Tiger, for the awesome parenting advice 

    My family was journeying home for dinner one evening, when my husband complemented me on the ease in which I coaxed our son away from the local playground. Shortly before we had to leave, I informed my then two-year-old that he could choose one more activity and then it would…

  • The ugliest feeling

    I often joke that becoming a mother turned me into a woman. That is if your definition of “woman” means someone who is emotional. Obviously, women and men can each have a varying degree of sensitivity, but I digress. Point is, before my first pregnancy, I was much more likely…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Having kids made me love my body

    There are a lot of beautiful stories to encourage mothers to embrace every extra pound, to view every stretch mark as a badge of honor, to see the joy in the jiggle of excess skin. These stories remind us that the loss of our figures is well worth the happiness…

  • Why Marissa Mayer is a bad example for men

    Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is pregnant again, this time with identical twin girls, and just as she did with her first child, the mogul announced she will be taking limited time off after the twins are born and working throughout her pregnancy. Mayer, who assumed her role at Yahoo while…