Mornings suck. Mornings with kids take on a whole new level of suckage. Not always, of course. When you don’t have anywhere to go and you’re all in your pajamas and snuggling, mornings are amazing! Seriously, you think that you are the luckiest mom alive with the best kids ever. Who needs a regular morning […]
Hold On—Now We’re Supposed to Take Our Kids on a Kindermoon?!
OK, so this popped up in my Facebook feed the other day: Disney is offering something called a “kindermoon,” a special vacation—on the order of a honeymoon or babymoon—for families with a preschooler who’s about to start kindergarten. I have so many…feelings about this. The first is this: Disney, I love you, but are […]
How Your Kids Can Have an Old-Fashioned Campout at Home
I’m going to be completely honest here: I love the idea of camping with kids, but I hate actual camping—with kids or without. Which oddly, doesn’t pose as much of a problem as one might think because I’m a mom and I have solutions! But first, my issues with camping. They’re numerous, but I’ll […]
Sick Day Essentials for Sick Kids
Kids are little petri dishes. Adorable little petri dishes, but petri dishes nonetheless. Despite our best efforts to keep them healthy—and as you can see in this other recent post, I really, really do try to keep them healthy—they get sick. It happens. It’s a normal part of life, and it helps their immune systems […]
How I Got My Preschooler to Listen 900 Percent More
I like to think of myself as a relatively patient person. And for the first four years of my son’s life, I was a really patient parent. When he was a baby, I knew that he wasn’t trying to be difficult. He was just trying to figure out life on the outside. It was […]
You vs. Your Kid: What to Do After a Bad Fight
I love my son with every fiber of my being. I consider how nearly every single one of my actions will impact him. I would give my life for him in a millisecond, without a second thought. But occasionally, I don’t like him very much. Occasionally, I want to run screaming from my house, […]
13 Ways to Say No to Your Kids Without Actually Saying No
No. One little word that we’re tempted to say about a million times a day…that has the power to crush a kid’s spirit. Is that too dramatic? Maybe. But as a parent, it’s ridiculously easy to get into a rut of saying “no,” and that constant negativity isn’t good for anyone. When you say “yes,” […]
17 Things You Can Teach Kids with Leftover Halloween Candy
I don’t know about you, but I have a Halloween-candy problem. As in, it’s here and I’m eating it. And so is my 4-year-old, which—as you know if you’ve ever combined a 4-year-old and an obscene amount of sugar—isn’t a particularly good situation. So, I’m on a mission to do something with all of […]
13 Everyday Lessons That Fight Rape Culture—and Keep Kids Safe
Rape culture exists. It doesn’t matter if you believe that or not (though it would certainly be nice). It’s just a fact. It’s why people laugh at sexist behavior, shrug and say, “Boys will be boys.” It’s why 1 in 5 female college students are sexually assaulted—and why that number is probably a lot […]
Perfect Parenting Days Are Nothing Like You Think
Parenting can really beat the crap out of you some days. But on most days, you’re just moving along—happily, quickly, crazily. It can all be a bit of a blur. But then there are the other days. The magical unicorn days that you’d hoped parenting would be filled with. I’m not talking about the […]