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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parenting
Three year olds don’t mean to be assholes; they just are.
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what the parenting books don't tell you
May 15, 2013 at 2:00pm | 120 comments
homeschooling
Sometimes I want to run out of my house and yell out to every parent that sends their kids to school to “STOP! STOP RIGHT NOW! YOU’RE MESSING IT ALL UP.”
kids
Those quiet three-year-old girls playing nicely with their blocks? They're going to be horrible to their moms in about 10 years.
cats
You have your baby, and I have mine.
parenting
When it comes to handling tantrums, counting to 10, cooling down, and all the other tricks needed to handle kids growing into themselves, some of us crazies are old hands.
illeism
We are all super annoying to each other, now that we always know what everyone else is doing and thinking, at all times.
motherhood
Becoming a parent is mind-blowing for everyone, but I think it's harder when you're older because, as the British woman says in her article, you've become extremely set in your ways.
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.
moms
Ask me how many movies I've seen since my kid was born.
parenting
I want my child to never laugh at a classmate tweeting about a rape he just committed. I want my child to stand up for girls who are drunk and just want to go home.
ihtm contest
When I wiped, I saw a single white worm on the toilet paper. Like any sane person would do, I freaked out, sobbing hysterically at 5 am.
fat
Young kids' burgeoning obsessions with their weight and dieting are tragic, yes. But surprising? Not in the least.
ihtm contest
Sometimes I think of how life would be if that day in September were just a horrible nightmare, and you know what? I don't want that life.
underwear
Brightly colored panties from Victoria’s Secret probably aren’t going to harm a little girl, but being shamed for wanting them most likely will.
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.
babies
Of the many terrifying responsibilities of parenthood, I consider teaching my son how to eat properly one of the most important.
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.
trans
I don't know about you, but I generally consider the finer anatomical attributes of my fellow public restroom patrons to be none of my business.
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.”
music
if you actually LIKE The Wiggles for real, then I guess that’s fine. That said, I maintain that you don’t need that shit.
