Parenting

Congratulations. If you are here, then you have survived the first year of your child’s life. You have shed your title of Non-Parent (NP) and joyfully embraced the title of Beginner Parent (BP). Common place and, dare we say,...

Guest post by Tim Steele, husband of our contributor Kristin Steele In 2014, I wrote how Father’s Day had changed my life, and how daunting it seemed preparing to raise a child in the new digital age. With this year’s Father’s...

One year into the Covid-19 Pandemic and I find myself feeling all the feels about returning to “normal”. This post is not intended to express any political views, conspiracy theories or overall views on how individuals handled life in...

First off, let me check my mommy privilege--I stay home with my kids by choice (though I could go into a lengthy diatribe about how in an ideal world I could seamlessly work part-time utilizing state-subsidized child care a la...

It was Easter afternoon, and as I looked up from talking to my husband to see the neighbor running up my driveway in a panic, I felt the pit in my stomach that it wasn’t because he had good...

“Thank you for not throwing a rock at my car again,” said the police officer to my 5-year-old son. My jaw dropped as I was stunned at what I just heard. Why is my son throwing rocks at cars, especially...

My two-year-old son has an Instagram account. This account exists for the purpose of showing the world how cool his parents still are. Okay, maybe I shouldn’t say that out loud. But no shame in my game! I will...

You meet, you begin dating, and you purposely take things slow as you think about becoming a stepfamily because of a million little reasons (and some not so little – like a high conflict ex).  Eventually, introductions to the...

How to Throw a Birthday Party for Under $100 – for 25 People! I started thinking about my daughter’s first birthday when she was about six months old. I realized that time was flying by, and she would be one...

I just had a baby, and we are already celebrating a year! How does that even happen?! They say time flies when you're having fun! Well, it also flies when you're running on fumes because you’ve gotten very little...