Remember when you were a kid and your parents had no idea where you were?! It’s hilariously disturbing … but maybe they were onto something.
Why Is My Brain Yelling at Me All the Time?
There are many parts of parenting that you can’t fully understand until you’re completely in the thick of them. We all know we’ll love our babies … but we don’t fully understand how that love can be so all-consuming and so wonderful that it borders on physically painful. (My heart hurts when you’re sad? My […]
Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems? A Big Yes!
The idea of having teenagers has always freaked me out. If I’m being completely honest, it’s the reason that I wasn’t sure I wanted to have kids in the first place. The thought of dealing with a tornado of hormones, opinions and eye rolls, coupled with a hefty dose of that delightfully adolescent “I’m always […]
I’m Pretty Sure the Universe Is Laughing at Me Right Now
These days, I can’t decide if I should laugh or cry. I usually go with laughter because it’s just a better alternative. Plus, I am not a pretty crier. (I am also not one of those lucky women who glistens when they sweat, but that’s a whole other conversation.) This laughter-over-crying thing applies to so […]
The Knack Pack: The Solution to Carrying All Your Kids’ Stuff
There’s one thing that people didn’t warn us about before we had kids: all the stuff. Oh, sure, we knew about it in some aspects of parenting life: We saw the ever-growing list of must-haves on a registry and did our best to pare that down, and of course, we knew about the perils of […]
More Friends and More Fun—with Less Work
One of the best things we can do is to get together, gab and relax with friends. We all know this, but somehow along the course of our regular weeks that get tangled up with work and kids, getting together with friends—the kind of friends you want to see, not have to see—tends to fall […]
How to Juggle Everything in Your Crazy Mom Life
Mom life is crazy. The life of an actor is equally, if not more, crazy. Mix the two and you have a recipe for true momsanity. And trust me: I speak from experience! So does Liz Samuel, a mom of two who recently wrote, produced and starred in the very funny and very relatable short […]
Why New York City Is the Best Place to Raise Young Kids
Yes, you heard me right: New York City is THE BEST place to raise young kids. OK, fine, I may be slightly biased, since I chose to raise my family here for the past five and a half years. And I also may slightly wistful for my wonderful city life because we just moved to […]
10 Motherhood Lessons That Can Make Your Entire Life Better
Being a parent is exhausting. I don’t need to tell you that. What I do need to tell you is that all of your hard work is paying off—and not just for your kids. Motherhood has the potential to transform every aspect of your life and make you a better, more well-rounded, more whole […]
An Hour in the Life of a Work-at-Home Mom
Where are my work-at-home moms at? And my office-going moms who’ve had to work from home on a random day? And my stay-at-home moms who’ve had to do something important while the kids were using you as a jungle gym? Oh, there you are. Because that’s every mom ever. All I have to say is: Holy crap. These […]
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