How to Stay Friends When You Can’t Stand Her Kid.
Your friend’s child may not be your cup of tea. Betsy of Gray Matter Matters gives us practical advice for this friendship dilemma.
Your friend’s child may not be your cup of tea. Betsy of Gray Matter Matters gives us practical advice for this friendship dilemma.
Because there’s no “Suck It Up” when your uterus just plain sucks.
SAHM/WAHM/WOHM ISO same for friendship, playdates, outings, sanity-saving.
How do you keep mom friendships alive, once your children move on to new schools, new schedules, new friends?
Where’s the line when someone else’s child is misbehaving?
I want a village. These are the people I want in my village. People who think it is a moral obligation to look out for each other’s kids.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
My close friend won’t stop disparaging my choice to go back to work! Can this friendship be saved?
What happens when you internet BFF’s kids meet your own? It’s really a best of the web type story. Seeing our teens become fast friends proved to be an unexpected gift to a dear far-away friend and me.
I lost my job a few months ago and am trying to enjoy staying home with my kids full time…but I’m miserable and I hate this. Am I a bad person?
Getting along with other mothers and why you shouldn’t sweat it if you don’t.
Parenting, much like clutter, will suck up all of the available space in your life if you let it. Don’t just find your Village, participate in it (without the kids).
What do I tell other mothers who are trying to tattle on my nanny that I have total confidence in her?
We teach our children to reach out to the new kids at school, but do we do it ourselves for new moms in the community? A manifesto for embracing other mothers.
A mom is annoyed that a friend and her child are perpetually late by 20 minutes to every single playdate. Should she say something or let it go?
Lessons learns from a verbal altercation that can be applied to relationships and life in general.
A first-time pregnant mom is close to losing her cool with her know-it-all friend, an opinionated and know-it-all mom. Should she talk to her friend about this problem or just ignore her and the issue?
A newly pregnant reader is having a hard time connecting with and wanting to share news of her pregnancy with nosey acquaintances.
A FTM needs help learning how to talk to other moms in her Baby and Me Yoga Class. She wants to make friends with these other moms she sees, she just doesn’t know what to say.
Through years of challenges, one cookie has steadied me every single holiday season. Is it magic? Maybe. I’m not going to rule it out.