By Jesica Ryzynski In Defense of the Wild Child
Dear fellow nursery school moms, people in grocery stores, the teller at the bank, the receptionist at our doctor’s office,…
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By Whitney Fleming Parenting Older Kids is Freaking Exhausting
I didn't think I would still be this tired. I remember when my kids were young and 7:30 p.m. would never come. After a…
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By Erin Loritz My Kids Copy Me. And I Don’t Like What I Hear.
We worked so hard to get them to copy our words. Countless repetitions of “Say ‘mama’” to entice some form…
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By Tiffany Campione Farewell to My Favorite Chapter
The moment I became a mother, the life I once knew immersed with my wants and needs, transformed into midnight…
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By Jessica McCaslin My Abnormal Reaction to the First Day of Kindergarten
It's that time of year again. Time for school to start. The memes are floating around Facebook about teachers preparing,…
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By Her View From Home I Grew Up With An Angry Mom
I grew up with an angry mom. From screaming at me because I spilled some milk, spanking me because I…
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By Jennifer Worrell The Back-to-School Conversation I WISH I Could Have with Parents
I see you, Moms and Dads. You’re sitting at your child’s new desk in my classroom, filling out the huge…
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By Sara Halvorsen Let Me Not Grow Weary in Parenting a Toddler
When you first become a momma you can’t understand how there could ever be anything in the world better than…
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By Traci Rhoades The Night My Daughter Mom-Shamed Me
The night it happened, I never thought I would write about it. In fact, I was pretty sure I wouldn’t…
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By Carolyn Moore Say “No” to Carpet (and other parenting wisdom)
Congratulations! You're a parent! Because I love you, I have compiled a brief but important list of things NEVER to…
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By Debbie Wilkins Baisden Fart Jokes, Arm Wrestling and Being the Mom my Boys Need
Today I stood back-to-back with my firstborn and nearly cried. “No way! There is no freaking way! You are absolutely…
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By Cassie Hilt Why My Husband Doesn’t Babysit
I’m not sure where the idea that fathers didn’t need to assume as much responsibility as mothers really came from.…
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