Every parent suffers abuse from their child on a weekly, if not daily, and sometimes hourly (depending on the child or number of children involved in inflicting said abuse) basis. This plight goes far too unnoticed. It’s time that someone took a stand for Reverse-Child-Abuse and brought those issues to the forefront. Besides the constant […]
Social Media Policy for Labor and Birth
When Ali was born nearly four years ago, I felt like a Social Media Pioneer (even though it would be a couple more years before the term “Social Media” was coined), because I was the first person I knew to nearly-real-time publish birthing information and baby photos on Facebook. And, really, it wasn’t a big […]
Curses.
So I’ve been thinking a lot about Eve lately. No, not because of that disturbingly bizarre Pomegranate juice commercial where naked-but-tattooed-with-fig-leaves Eve is laying on the ground with a huge snake coiled around her… (washing the mental image from my brain) But because of The Curse. It’s becoming more and more apparent to me that […]
Kiosk Warfare: A Guide for Survival.
The mall is a glorious place for Moms of young children. Akin to an indoor playground for both Mother AND Child, it is full of glee-filled places such as Toy Stores, hot dog trucks, carousels, and, of course, shopping. But it doesn’t come without it’s risks – without the dangers of attack. The Kiosk Predators. […]
Modern Day Vocabularic Brainwashing.
For those of you who do not currently have a small child, you may be completely and blissfully unaware of what I’m about to tell you. But you deserve to know. A disturbing replacement has happened in vocabulary as we know it. A brainwashing, actually, has taken place. The term “Indian-Style”, in regards to the […]
29. And Prepared to Prove it.
So. Today is my last day of being 28 years old. Typically, I’m such a big fan of birthdays (particularly my own) and the personalized attention that comes with them, that I don’t mind at all the thought of becoming a year older. But there’s just something distasteful about the thought of 29. After all, […]
They Listened, Alright.
Disclaimer: This post discusses things that are ultimately of zero importance whatsoever, and I am well aware of this. I hereby pre-apologize for my daily dose of shallowness. Ali has this habit…when she’s playing a game or sharing her snacks, she will ask me something along these lines: “Which one do you want, Mommy? The […]
Disney Creates Skanks.
Disney is a complicated beast. They create characters so lovable (and widely marketed) that no child can go a day without running into them somehow. In fact, my kid doesn’t go a day without pretending to be at least five of them. In the same day. Repeatedly. And not answering to anything but the particular […]
Sleep is for the Sleepy.
First of all, may I defend ourselves… We don’t vacation an extreme amount – I promise!! We just take quite a few small, weekend trips during the summer rather than any extended trips. We actually haven’t taken a week’s vacation since…our honeymoon 9 1/2 years ago. (From which we shamefully came home a day early […]
Communal Beach Living.
I’ve realized something during our vacation this week: our society has it all wrong. We’re making this parenting thing much harder than we have to. We need to go back to the days of communal living, whenever that was. Because you know what? Parenting three children with four parents is a WHOLE lot easier than […]