Contests Archives - Mommy Shorts

10/16/20

26 Parents Share Ideas for How They’re Making Halloween Memorable (and Safe) in 2020

Halloween isn’t canceled. It will just be different this year as parents get creative to make the night as fun and safe as possible.

09/04/20

18 Parents Share their Decisions for the Upcoming School Year

I wanted to share a variety of decisions that parents have made for the 2020 school year, and let them walk you through their reasoning. There are so many individual factors going into each of these decisions.

07/10/20

How Working Parents Really Feel About No School This Fall

I’ve been talking to my mom friends a lot about the position many of them are being put in to choose between work and their kids, if schools don’t resume normally in the fall.

07/01/20

One Way to Get Kids on Board with Wearing Masks

You know how your kids pretend to have minor injuries so they have an excuse to wear superhero and princess bandages? Masks are the new bandages!

06/29/20

29 Parents Share The House Rules They have Abandoned During the Pandemic

Hopefully, this list will make you feel better about your own lack of structure and give you some great ideas!

06/21/20

A Father’s Day Celebration of 26 Remarkably Average Husbands

I asked readers to share how their partner has made life easier at home, or done things that surprised them, during this strange time of constant togetherness.

05/14/20

Petty Party! 36 Parents Share Their Pettiest Complaints About Quarantine

Is your husband’s chewing driving you crazy? Will your kids NOT STOP TALKING??? Please, feel free to unload.

04/21/20

27 Fun Things Families Have Done to Shake Things Up

Sheltering at home can get pretty boring, so here are a few creative ways that families are keeping themselves entertained and shaking things up.

04/14/20

40 Essential Workers Share Their Stories of Hope and Hardship

Thank you to everyone who is risking their own safety right now to make sure that the rest of us keep receiving the essential services that will get us through this time.

04/01/20

Working Parents are Complaining About Their New Tiny “Co-Workers”

If you are a parent currently working from home, try replacing “kid” with “co-worker” when you complain about how hard it is to get your job done.

03/19/20

33 Parents Share Their Plans to Keep Their Kids Occupied During the Shutdown

Is everyone attempting to homeschool? Or parking our kids on the couch to watch Frozen 2 on repeat so we can get some work done?

03/11/20

Are You Raising Your Mini Me?

Has there ever been something your kid said or did when it felt like you were basically looking into a mirror at a mini version of yourself? Maybe it’s a gesture, or a phrase, or a tone, when you suddenly realized, “oh yeah— this kid is definitely mine!”

03/06/20

49 Things Kids Do When They Should be Getting Ready for Bed

Every kid is a master at bedtime stalling. From claiming their hungry to starting an impromptu dance party, here are all the things kid do when you tell them it’s time for bed.

03/02/20

25 Women Share Stories About their Dads that Will Warm Your Heart

“My dad sends me inspirational quotes every morning. I love it. The fact that he looks for one to send to me each day means more than what it actually says.”

02/14/20

27 “How We Met” Stories in Honor of Valentine’s Day

Even though the way Mike and I met isn’t exactly the best plot for a rom com, we’ve now been together for 12 years and have two awesome kids, so I’d say it all worked out for us. Here are some much better stories!