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Surprise! We’re Doing the Same Thing We’ve Done Every Other Night
It never fails. We’re coming up on bedtime, and my boys lose their minds and, somehow, forget what it is we’ve done every single night for the entirety of their lives, which, for some, is arguably more than others. But still. Every single night. How do you deviate...

Kids Will Never Let You Forget You Have Kids
Nothing makes me realize how much I miss my boys when they’re at school like a holiday or a bad weather day, when they get to wake up at 6 a.m., even though there’s no school, and hang out with me all day. I’m not even being sarcastic (yet). They’re really cool kids,...

Kids Are Great at Listening and Other Fallacies
6-year-old, to 3-year-old brother: I feel really angry at you, but I don't want to hurt you. 9-year-old: I want to pee outside Husband: No. You're 9 years old. You can no longer pee outside when you're 9 years old. 9-year-old: Why not? Husband: Because--- 9-year-old:...

Why I’m a Parent Who Doesn’t Care
I used to care a whole lot about EVERYTHING. And I mean, everything. I was quite a terrorist, if you ask Husband and my firstborn. I used to care what people thought about me and my parenting choices. I used to care about what my kids looked like, because, of course,...

All the Cool Kids Have Allergies
We live in a much different world than we used to. This is a world where kids are kept close to home and parents call out other parents and, also, everyone and their dog has a food allergy. It’s become the cool thing to be a kid with allergy. At least according to my...

7 of the Most Ridiculous Things Kids Believe
Kids have amazing imaginations. They can listen to a story and ask to see the pictures, even though there are no pictures to see, because their brains are constantly working out what it is they’re seeing in the words. They’re able to imagine things like a cross...

The Truth About Twins: They’re Anything But Easy
People are fascinated by twins. When my twins were young, people would stop me in the middle of the grocery store so they could touch the faces of these boys who looked exactly alike. And now that they’re 4, not much has changed. Most of the time those people who stop...