I am currently preparing for reasonably major surgery.
As the main caregiver for my 6 and 3-year-old children, this has turned out to be...
Teacher of the year - check! Mommy of the year - not so much:
I teach adolescent girls all day long. While I have been...
This isn't the kind of mom I want to be.
The realization hit me hard as I balanced uncomfortably on my hands and knees, scrubbing...
I’m not a psychologist (although I am certified to teach psychology), but I love to study human nature. Eleven years spent teaching teenagers and...
Nothing says summer like a scoop of ice cream on the back porch after dinner. Dessert is a rare treat at our house so...
We talk a lot about kindness in our house. Before my son went to kindergarten this year, we spent August reading books with great...
It’s a Saturday night, and most of my other 21-year-old friends are heading out for the evening.
Meanwhile, back at my house, my 2-year-old just...
To my daughter the night before kindergarten-
Tomorrow, you are going to be great.
I’m not saying this as an encouraging “I think you can.”...
It happened innocently. The little ones when they were much younger, would love watching poems and ABC videos on their tablets. Thinking they were...
For two years before I became a mother, I was a nurse on an inpatient pediatric unit.
Before I felt the weight of my daughter...
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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”...
