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Old-Fashioned Baby Names That Will Destroy Your Child’s Life

Old-Fashioned Baby Names That Will Destroy Your Child’s Life

Proceed with caution
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Bev Potter
Notes From a Scent-imental Trip to the Mall With My Daughters

Notes From a Scent-imental Trip to the Mall With My Daughters

Unusual smells bring back unexpected memories
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Amber Hope
Parents — They’re Just Like Us!

Parents — They’re Just Like Us!

Real moments in parents’ ultra-glamorous lives
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Chelsea Resnick
Tips for Effectively Utilizing Your Baby for Maximum Enjoyment of the Holidays

Tips for Effectively Utilizing Your Baby for Maximum Enjoyment of the Holidays

Your baby is the perfect excuse for anything you don’t want to do.
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Amarie Skrzyp
Mom Makes ‘That’s What She Said’ Joke to 5-Year-Old, Instantly Regrets All Her Life Choices

Mom Makes ‘That’s What She Said’ Joke to 5-Year-Old, Instantly Regrets All Her Life Choices

“It was the end of a long day, and even though I knew better, it just slipped out,” said Sharon, a 31-year-old mother of two, in reference…
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Andrew Knott
My Kid’s Friend Isn’t Allowed At Our House Anymore

My Kid’s Friend Isn’t Allowed At Our House Anymore

She’s a total narc
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Lisa Hides
Father “Kind of Bummed” He Didn’t Receive Praise From Strangers While Grocery Shopping With His…

Father “Kind of Bummed” He Didn’t Receive Praise From Strangers While Grocery Shopping With His…

As the dad of three children under age five, Jason had become accustomed to strangers showering him with praise for performing mundane…
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Andrew Knott
You Mean You Can’t Take Off 14 Mornings and 36 Afternoons for Your Child’s Preschool Graduation?

You Mean You Can’t Take Off 14 Mornings and 36 Afternoons for Your Child’s Preschool Graduation?

Your child will only graduate from preschool once — or 17 times, if you count the required dress rehearsals…
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Jeremy Blachman
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Quiz: Parenting a Toddler or a Teenager?

Quiz: Parenting a Toddler or a Teenager?

See if you can tell the difference
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Jennifer Haubrich
Your Children’s Squishmallows Explain, “This is Our House Now”

Your Children’s Squishmallows Explain, “This is Our House Now”

With us in charge, it’s time to rethink our home’s functionality
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Chelsea Resnick
A Mom of Young Children Applies to College on the Common App

A Mom of Young Children Applies to College on the Common App

Please answer each question…
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Anna Jadow
A Middle-Aged Mom Fantasy

A Middle-Aged Mom Fantasy

What a (slightly older) girl wants!
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Lily Hirsch
10 Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas for Mom That Will Terrify the Kids (and You!)

10 Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas for Mom That Will Terrify the Kids (and You!)

If any costume takes longer than ten minutes to put together, grab a character shirt and be done with it
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Alexis Tai
Our Teen Ghosted Us on Halloween

Our Teen Ghosted Us on Halloween

Just when we thought it couldn’t get scarier
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Greg Thomas
We Still Need More Volunteers to Help Slay This Year’s Trunk-or-Treat

We Still Need More Volunteers to Help Slay This Year’s Trunk-or-Treat

The kids are savvy enough to spot a phoned-in hack job
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Caroline Horwitz
Saw: Toddler Edition

Saw: Toddler Edition

Would you like to play a game Mommy?
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J. M. Sanders
My Son Kicked Me in the Groin and Expanded His Vocabulary by One Word

My Son Kicked Me in the Groin and Expanded His Vocabulary by One Word

When parenting hits you where it hurts
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P.J. Cloutier a.k.a. Daddy Simply
Do Me a Favor and Tax Your Children This Halloween

Do Me a Favor and Tax Your Children This Halloween

They need to learn the truth
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Leslie McLemore II
Surviving a Disney Cruise During a Hurricane: A Parenting Masterclass

Surviving a Disney Cruise During a Hurricane: A Parenting Masterclass

How a Category 5 Hurricane Couldn’t Stop My Kids’ Dreams or My Scarlet Witch Costume
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Stacy Ledesma Whitenight
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