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I’m the Reason My Kids Don’t Have Any Friends
That’s not true, really. My kids have friends. They play with them at recess and collaborate with them in their classrooms and talk to them during PE when they’re supposed to be doing six hundred jumping jacks. We have avoided play dates for eight years, but no...
The Kind of Thing that Can Make a Heart Feel Messy
This isn't your typical Messy Monday post. This isn't that mess under the bed or the one in his room or the nasty waiting to be emptied from the trash can. This is the kind that can wreck a heart into a mess. You see, there is a boy in our home who is 5 years old. He...
It Tastes Like Brown
We're winning at parenting Jadon (8): "I need a haircut. My hair is so long it keeps getting stuck in my ears, because my ears have too much wax in them." Asa (5): "My ears have so much earwax!" Where are you going? Hosea (4): "Where are you going, Daddy?" Daddy: "To...
This is Where All the School Papers Go
This basket is designated for school papers. It takes less than a week to fill it. So many papers. Why are there so many school papers? Fliers about camps our kids probably won't attend, sign-it sheets that get lost in the shuffle and make me send an apology note to...
How My Six Boys (Unexpectedly) Make Me ‘Green’
A few weeks ago I published a column on Huff Post Parents about how I chose my large family and none of my children were “accidents,” and here came all the “environmentalists” calling names (breeder, selfish narcissist, hoe—for sleeping with my husband, no less) and...
Don’t Trip On All the Junk Blocking the Stairs!
Step one: Decide you want to tidy up downstairs. Step two: Put everything that belongs downstairs in its place. Step three: Put everything that belongs upstairs on the side of the stairs. Step four: Leave everything that belongs upstairs on the side of the stairs for...
Why I Love That 2 a.m. Feeding
It’s quiet, and it’s dark, and it’s only you and me. All day long your brothers have pulled and demanded and captured my time while you have slept and dreamed and grown, little by little by little. But right now is our time, because brothers are sleeping and Daddy is...
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