After our first date, my now husband looked at me in the parking lot and said, “Do you want to meet my parents?” That...
When my first child was an infant, she was not what one would call a "good sleeper."
My husband and I had to walk her...
I'm what you might call a wanna-be hippie. I love all things crunchy and aspire to fully commit to the earth-mama lifestyle. But when...
I’ve never been a news junkie. My husband reads the news multiple times a day and has his own opinions on what’s happening domestically and...
Kindergarten is a word that stirs many emotions in a parent’s heart.
Even if your child has previously been in full-time daycare or preschool, it’s...
I wanted an empowered birth.
I was 39 weeks and due January 18th. On Friday, January 13th, I went to the doctor for an appointment. After...
Stop asking me if I am okay.
Why do people do this? I used to be a therapist and one of the first things that...
Teacher pay is getting a lot of national attention right now. And it should.
The salaries we pay our teachers are unacceptable.
At a recent teacher...
I was recently asked to describe my kids as part of an introduction to an interview on parenthood. It surprisingly caught me off-guard, and I...
Before I became a mom...well, let’s start it with pregnancy. Before I got pregnant...I was an organized person. I worked my way through college...
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Being a Millennial Mom in 2019: What it’s Actually Like
“I wouldn’t want to raise a kid today.”
That’s what you’ll hear from most adults over the age of 50. As a 33-year-old “Millennial Mom”...
