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03/02/16

Ultimatums: The Dead End of Parenting Tools

You try logic, you try reason, you try begging and bribery, but eventually desperation leads every parent to the dead end of negotiation tools: the ultimatum. FYI, those never ever work.

03/01/16

Please, Don’t be a Mean Girl Mom

I never do this, but this woman pissed me off, so I wrote about it.

02/26/16

A Mom Who Hasn’t Seen Any of the Movies Imagines the Plot of Each Best Picture Nominee

This weekend is the Oscars and I have not seen any of the movies. I did catch pieces of “The Martian” while tending to two small children on a plane, but I don’t think that counts.

02/24/16

A Night at the American Museum of Natural History

I thought sleeping at a museum was pure made-up Hollywood movie magic, but apparently, it is a real thing available to the public. Mazzy and I got to experience it for ourselves.

02/12/16

10 Valentines Meant Only for Your Closest Mom Friends

Why not bring the fun back to February 14th by exchanging Valentines again—this time with your mom friends? I’ve got the perfect cards for you.

01/27/16

9 Resolutions Most Moms Have Already Broken

Here’s what happens to parents when reality sets in and we remember why we had all those delightfully terrible habits in the first place.

01/25/16

Mazzy and Harlow Battle the Blizzard

This weekend’s blizzard taught me three things: Harlow hates the snow, Mazzy’s snow boots are missing and Mike knows how to save the day with a toboggan.

01/21/16

Bad Parenting Advice: School Drop-Off Edition

It’s a new year. New beginnings. A time for second chances and renewed hope. Unless you’re talking about the car drop-off and pick-up lines at school. That shit never changes.

01/15/16

7 Baby Shower Games that Would Really Prepare the Mom-to-Be

Guessing the contents of a baby food jar is good clean fun, but wouldn’t it be nice if baby shower games actually prepared the mom-to-be for what lies ahead? Even if she wishes none of it were true.

01/14/16

Laughing at the Unlaughable

Sometimes the things that make you laugh the hardest are the things you are not supposed to laugh about at all. Like your kid falling.

01/11/16

Winter Break Screwed Up Our Morning Routine

For the past six years, my kids have woken me up earlier than I wanted or needed to get up, which I thought was a bad thing. But now I know needing to wake your kids up is way worse.

01/05/16

7yo Claims “School Company” Extends Winter “Brake”

7yo Cara Grimard is no dope. Knowing her Christmas break was ending soon, she presented this VERY official school document to her dad.

12/31/15

63 Drunk Babies Ready to Ring in the New Year

Whether you are hanging out with the boy who refuses to call it a night or the girl who keeps taking her top off, I can’t think of a better way to ring in the New Year than getting drunk with some babies!

12/31/15

From play date problems to public bathroom problems, here are the 20 most popular (which I’m guessing also means they are the most common) average parent problems of 2015.

12/30/15