Tag: parenting decisions

How My HOA Fees Paid For That Playdate

My household pays about $1,000 a year in homeowner's association fees. To some, that may seem an exorbitant amount. But to us, it seems...

Why My Baby Is Wearing a Helmet

I'm sure you've seen the cute babies in the white helmets or even a bedazzled one here and there, but do you actually know...

How Potty Training is Training Me

My 3 ½-year-old daughter is not potty trained. There are days, even stretches of days, where I think she’s got it, and I’m optimistic...

Show that Daycare Search Who’s #MomBoss

When I found out we were pregnant, it was completely surreal and a little hard to believe. I felt the same, I looked the...

They’ll Judge You Anyway

Life is lived publicly these days. News and gossip used to be something that took a little while to make its way around town,...

On leaving the church we loved…

Little milestones remind me of our old church. Right now, it's Vacation Bible School online pharmacy buy nolvadex online no prescription buy amitriptyline...

Beyond the White Picket Fence :: Lessons Learned From Buying a...

Several months after my son was born, I was blindsided by a major realization. It wasn’t the one where I realized that many sounds...

3 Parenting Lessons I Learned from Making My Son Do Something...

Recently I made my son do something he hated. Something that was hard and did not at all come easy to him. Something that...

As I Kiss the Reproductive Years Goodbye

The walls are quickly closing in on my time in my reproductive years. For the past 6 years, I've been having a constant conversation with...

Why We Won’t Go Back to the Arcade

I never really cared for arcades - or video games in general. As a former high school teacher, I can recall countless parent-teacher conferences...