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How About We Stop Trying to Tell Each Other How to Parent?
My younger sister is about to have her birthday, so lately I’ve been thinking about all the things I love about her. I know not everyone has a good relationship with their sisters, but I consider my sister a best friend. She knows everything about me. She can tell...
‘I’ll Never Be Fat Like You’ and Other Kid Quotes
5-year-old: Daddy, I want a hug and a kiss! Husband: Come to our room, then. 5-year-old: No. I stepped on a Lego in there. 9-year-old: I'm getting fat Me: I don't think you'll ever get fat. 6-year-old: Yeah, like daddy. Husband: What, you mean like daddy doesn't get...
Dear Concerned Reader: Yes, I’d Like Some Cheese with My Wine.
It’s time for another Dear Concerned Reader—because you know what happens when one of my articles gets popular on another platform besides my own: all the comedians start coming out. This time it was my “A Dad is Not a Helper or a Babysitter. He’s a Parent.” So....
You Know What I’d Like to Leap Over? Year 3.
My kids are out of their minds about this leap year thing. A day that only comes around once a year? Yeah. What would you do if you had a birthday today? Uncle Jarrod almost did. He would only be a kid still? No, the years still pass. Just because his birthday rolled...
When Kid Jokes Mix with Pokemon Jokes
Me: It's time for bed. 3-year-old: But we dinnent have breakthast. Me: We just ate dinner. 3-year-old: But we dinnent have breakthast. Me: Breakfast comes after bedtime. 3-year-old: No! Breakthast is now. Me. No. It's not. 3-year-old: Yes, it is! Me: No it's not....
How You Know You’re Turning Into a Parent
Being a parent changes you in ways you may never have expected (or even wanted). It is undeniable that they destroy us completely. Mostly, though, they make us better people in a way that only caring for illogical human beings can make us better people. But they also...
Hey World? I Haven’t Lost My Value Just Because I Have Kids.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I worked full-time as the editor of a newspaper produced by The United Methodist Church. Every week I’d write all the articles (because the staff was…nonexistent) and I’d take all the pictures and then I’d edit what few...
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