Activities
How to Make a “Unique” Diaper Cake. Ha!
Forget the traditional diaper cake. Follow our DIY steps to making one that is not only memorable, but useful. Hide a bottle of champagne in the middle.
Big Kid
7 Universal Truths About Raising Teenagers
Some days I think chasing a toddler around the pool’s edge would be less exhausting than parenting teens.
Big Kid
After the Diagnosis
My son was 7 when he was diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, OCD. As a parent who had been opposed to medication this was a humbling, eye-opening experience.
Big Kid
The Best Things
People ask “Does it get easier?” That’s a tough question to answer. Physically? Without a doubt. Mentally? Emotionally? I think it becomes much more difficult.
Parenting
Not That Mom
You know that mom who makes it all look effortless. She sews, bakes and organizes class parties. I am a good mom, but I am not that mom.
Big Kid
Teens, Sex and Porn
What I hadn’t realized then was that was the easy part, discussing the cut and dry mechanics of sex. I hadn’t realized that it was just the beginning of an ongoing conversation where I would have to push past my own embarrassment and get over my own hang ups.
Big Kid
Five Mistakes Every Kid Should be Allowed to Make
A parents first inclination is save our children when something goes wrong in their lives. Truth is we all learn better through making our own mistakes.
Activities
6 Rules For Family Night
Family night should be easy, but trust me, what you think is fun and what your children think is fun are often worlds apart. So, we thought up some rules.
Big Kid
Is Technology Making Us Better Parents?
We have the illusion of control and the peace of mind that comes with technology. But are we better parents or the same parents with more to feel guilty about?
Young Child
The Line in the Sand
What has happened for me as parent is redefining what actually matters, not getting as caught up in the small things, and choosing my battles wisely.
Big Kid
When the Tables are Turned on Mommyblogging
I was worried about what my kids would think of the things I wrote about them, turns out I should have worried about what they would write about ME.
Parenting
Working Mother’s Guilt, the Myth of Balance and Perfection
I work from home doing something I love. I am lucky. I recognize this, yet I worry about how this particular job choice affects my children.
Big Kid
How to Punish Your Tween, Survivor Style
What happens when you leave your tween son’s punishment in the hands of his siblings? Hilarity, that’s what.
Parenting
16 Things I Have Learned About Being a Mother
Mothering isn’t about the big issues, it’s about the small lessons we pick up along the way. They are the things our children will remember us for, good or bad.
Big Kid
The Boundary Between You and Your Child
What no one tell you is that while you are longing for some space, one day the roles will reverse. You will be the needy one in the relationship.
Young Child
I Never Knew I’d Have So Much to Say About Toilet Paper, Then I Had Kids
I always hear people complain that their family members can’t seem to change the roll of toilet paper when it runs out. I don’t have that problem. It was solved the one time my head spun around in a full circle and pea soup spewed from my mouth, frightening my children into submission. I do have a different toilet paper problem, one for which I can’t manage to muster as much outrage. See for yourself…
Big Kid
Caught, Not Taught
I’ve been thinking about the qualities that people most often comment about in my children and how they learned those things.
Toddler
Hoop Dreams
So, I read all your helpful suggestions from last week about my dilemma with toilet paper tubes on the floor and this is what happened….
Parenting
A Dozen (or so) (Somewhat) Shocking Revelations About Motherhood
Even when you think you’re prepared, motherhood is just one surprise after another. We’re here to demystify it for you, just a little bit.
Big Kid
Rubber Bracelets, promoting Cancer Awareness one preteen boy at a time
Teen boys are wearing bracelets with the message I Love Boobies. Do these bracelets really raise awareness for breast cancer or are they promoting sexism?