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What to Do If Your Child Has Become a Fan of Your Favorite Team’s Rival
What to Do If Your Child Has Become a Fan of Your Favorite Team’s Rival
A parent’s guide on how to handle this unforgivable treachery
Hollie Harris
Nov 5
How To Emotionally Decimate The Other Parents At The Pre-K Admissions Info Session
How To Emotionally Decimate The Other Parents At The Pre-K Admissions Info Session
Ask the admissions counselor these 26 questions and watch your foes crumble
Ruth Fish
Nov 4
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
Bev Potter
Nov 2
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
Amber Hope
Nov 1
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…
Andrew Knott
May 18, 2019
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
Lisa Hides
Apr 11
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…
Andrew Knott
May 16, 2019
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…
Jeremy Blachman
Jun 5, 2023
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Parents — They’re Just Like Us!
Parents — They’re Just Like Us!
Real moments in parents’ ultra-glamorous lives
Chelsea Resnick
Oct 31
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.
Amarie Skrzyp
Oct 30
Quiz: Parenting a Toddler or a Teenager?
Quiz: Parenting a Toddler or a Teenager?
See if you can tell the difference
Jennifer Haubrich
Oct 30
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
Chelsea Resnick
Oct 29
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…
Anna Jadow
Oct 28
A Middle-Aged Mom Fantasy
A Middle-Aged Mom Fantasy
What a (slightly older) girl wants!
Lily Hirsch
Oct 28
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
Alexis Tai
Oct 27
Our Teen Ghosted Us on Halloween
Our Teen Ghosted Us on Halloween
Just when we thought it couldn’t get scarier
Greg Thomas
Oct 27
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
Caroline Horwitz
Oct 26
Saw: Toddler Edition
Saw: Toddler Edition
Would you like to play a game Mommy?
J. M. Sanders
Oct 26
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
P.J. Cloutier a.k.a. Daddy Simply
Oct 25
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