Hey! I know it's hard to believe, but I'm still writing. Here are my recent posts over at Mom.Me, where I write all about the teenagers – even though they don't like me writing about them anymore. Hopefully they won't see these – teens don't really know how to work the internet yet, do they?
Unplugging the Kids
See this picture? It's my teen daughters engaging in an ancient
pastime that involves playing games with small rectangular pieces of cardboard
with symbols and faces on them. Otherwise known as "playing cards," this
archaic form of entertainment was made obsolete by the digital age and hasn't
been seen among the teen population in years, having gone the way of other
old-fashioned activities like exercising and making eye contact. Read More...
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Watching R-Rated Movies...With the Kids
In
the annals of parenting (no pun intended) watching a sex scene on screen with
your kid next to you has got to be one of the most uncomfortable things ever. It's
not something you intentionally set out to do—one minute you're watching a
hip show about twenty-something girls living in New York City and the next
thing you know the screen is filled with butts and boobs and hairy parts and amplified
noises that sound like a pig choking. Read More...
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Confessions of a DIY Mom
I would not be lying if I said I have never
bought a jar of baby food. Because yes, I was one of those moms who made all
of her baby's food, herself. From the moment they were done breast-feeding and
started on solids, I was in my kitchen whipping up all varieties of healthy,
delicious food that was devoid of taste, looked like wallpaper paste and could
be gummed.
Read More...
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I Can't Blog About My Kids Anymore
Remember that funny story I told, the
one where I talked about something hilarious one of my daughters had done?
Yeah, me neither.
Because
I can't tell those stories
anymore. My girls are teenagers now, and due to the fact that they're
fancy and
toss around words like "privacy" and "boundaries" (curse you, literacy
and dictionaries) I've been strongly cautioned against writing about
them
on my
blog.
Read More...
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