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Lies We Believe As Parents (That Kids Will Annihilate)
Every now and then, I reach this mysterious place where parenting feels really easy. The boys are behaving perfectly (as if that’s the measure of easy parenting), and everyone is loving each other well and, most importantly, no one is complaining about what I just put...
A Dad Knows What He’s Doing. We Should Just Let Him Do It.
I recently made a few waves with an essay I’d written in response to a friend venting to me about how her girlfriends kept saying that their husbands were going to babysit their kids so they could have a girls’ night out. Apparently, it struck a deep nerve. I feel...
‘Nothing is Fun About This Family, Especially the Parents.’
3-year-old: The sun broke in half, and now it's a moon. Me: 3-year-old: Me: Are you a poet? 3-year-old: No, I'm a boy. Me: I'm bringing the veggies over. 3-year-old: Those aren't beggies. They're bitchables." Me: 3-year-old: Me: Just don't say that in public, 'kay?...
If the Dreams of Children Came True
We all make wishes and we all have dreams. It’s the most hopeful part of the human condition, to wish and dream. But when those wishes and dreams land in the hands of children, well, we have a different animal entirely. My kids make wishes and dreams all the time. But...
I Have a Dream, Too: Get a Decent Nights’ Sleep
Today is a day we celebrate a great man of history who envisioned a lofty dream for America, one of peace and love and equality, spread to every corner of the world. While I love the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. I have to admit that I’d forgotten it was a holiday...
Knock Knock Jokes and Other Baffling Kid-Humor
5-year-old: Knock knock Me: Who's there 5-year-old: How do you get germs on your fingers? Me: How do you get germs on your fingers who? 5-year-old: How you get germs on your fingers is you lick all over them. Me: 5-year-old: you didn't laugh. Me. Oh, right. Hahaha...
So Much For a Yell-Free Year and Other Notes on Resolution Failures
So much for a yell-free year. I screwed that up at about 10 a.m. New Year’s Day. Husband and I keep it no secret that we own a megaphone and use it frequently, because the noise six boys can make on a daily basis is like a thousand frightened elephants crashing...
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