If I do my son's coloring pages, I'm providing myself with some well-earned relaxation while forcing my child to find something more productive to do with his time. It's a win-win.
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Three year olds don’t mean to be assholes; they just are.
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May 15, 2013 at 2:00pm | 120 comments
mother's day
I recognize that it’s ridiculous of me to demand that something be planned in my honor, while at the same time insisting that I shouldn’t be the one to plan it.
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May 8, 2013 at 1:00pm | 128 comments
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Those quiet three-year-old girls playing nicely with their blocks? They're going to be horrible to their moms in about 10 years.
jen kirkman
"I'm just learning how sensitive people are, and sometimes they think that if you're doing something different, then you're judging them."
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Apr 24, 2013 at 5:00pm | 239 comments
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I don't actually hate your baby! It was just a thing I did for money once.
Julieanne in
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Apr 9, 2013 at 12:00pm | 201 comments
illeism
We are all super annoying to each other, now that we always know what everyone else is doing and thinking, at all times.
moral dilemmas
Was I just being a crazy bird lady? Was I shoving my own beliefs down this family's throat? Should I just have minded my own business?
Louise Hung in
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Apr 3, 2013 at 4:00pm | 427 comments
what the parenting books don't tell you
When my son was a baby, I often imagined what my life would be like if I had NOT had a child -- and yes, sometimes I wished that I hadn’t.
kids
I recently changed my computer’s desktop wallpaper to an image of Rainbow Dash with her mane flowing insouciantly in the wind. So that happened.
fat
Young kids' burgeoning obsessions with their weight and dieting are tragic, yes. But surprising? Not in the least.
kids
I mean it’s one thing to imagine someone harboring ill sentiments towards your child. But to actually hear those thoughts expressed with such clarity and vehemence?
abuse
I feel awful. But feeling and doing something aren’t one in the same.
tooth fairy
I don’t think I was permanently emotionally scarred by my rather bounteous gifts from the tooth fairy, any more than my best friend was scarred because the tooth fairy wasn’t quite so generous at her house.
kids
Are there times when being a parent totally sucks? I’m sure there are. But there are also times when it totally sucks to be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a partner, or anything else.
ihtm contest
Between the biological urge of my body, and the now raging doubt in my brain, I am stuck. I love my foster kids, all 4 of them, but I just don’t know if I want to do it again “for real.”
ihtm contest
The first nail in my employment coffin came when I discovered the Family and Medical Leave Act. You mean I can take time off to be with my newly born child? Federally mandated?
dads
I left my two kids in their father's care in 2006, and they have lived with him ever since. My boys are getting the best care from the parent who is able to do it the best.
kids
Seth even makes playdates with the other moms -- something I am really, really bad at doing because I’m sort of socially awkward and assume that no one wants to hang out with me.
kids
Before I became a parent, I admit I thought plunking a small child down in front of the TV seemed kind of mean. And after: sometimes I thank the universe for children’s programming on PBS.
kids
Even if I'm not actively thinking about all the ways I'm screwing up, the guilt is lurking there in the background.
clothing
The other day I was leafing through the racks of a local Goodwill when I saw it: a bright pink sweater covered with multi-colored hearts. I swooned, smiled, and then stopped: Was this too girly?
