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Unboxers: Your Child’s 12 Favorite YouTube Friends
Hieeeeee, and welcome to the terrible world of the internet, where your child’s friends are all 30 years old and live on YouTube!
Wait, was that too alarmist? If it makes you feel better, at least three of...
The World’s Greatest Marriage Tips
Ladies and gentlemen, if the movies Gone Girl and This is 40 have taught me anything, it’s that there are two types of marriages: the kind where you can joke about putting your spouse...
Passover Events in San Antonio
Time to get out the seder plate you made in second grade and your grandma's complimentary Maxwell Coffee Haggadah!
It's nearly Pesach! For a listing of Passover events and activities happening around San Antonio, read below:
This...
20 Reasons Nancy Drew Needs Your Help More Than Anastasia Steele
Despite very real and horrific human rights violations escalating throughout the world, the United States is STILL focused on the personal safety and emotional and psychological health of fictional character Anastasia Steele. Is her...
15 Signs You’re Living With Your Coworkers
I’m a stay-at-home mom with two preschool-aged kids. Many are the days I miss working in an office and the camaraderie of adult coworkers. Are you like me? Do you miss those extra hours of...
Totally Sketchy Books for Kids
Good grief, you guys. Am I the only person grabbing books off a shelf for my kids without reading them first? I mean, sometimes I’ll flip through a few pages, but if I’m being...
Blending Jewish and Christian Traditions
Of course there now exists The Mensch on a Bench.
And of course I bought one.
In a moment of parenting desperation, my husband and I discussed using an Elf on the Shelf this year as...
Thoughts on Parenthood: How to Not Raise a Jerk
Bullying.
Getting bullied.
Speaking your mind.
Thinking before you speak.
Standing up to peer pressure.
Not saying “butt” so much.
Using good manners.
Respecting yourself.
Respecting others.
Having patience.
Practicing empathy.
All parts of my running list of “Big Important Things” I want to teach...
Halloween in the Eighties: Then and Now
Don’t be jealous of me you guys, but my Halloween Pinterest board has 247 amazing pins on it right now!
To start, I’m making a quaint pennant banner to hang from my mantle that spells...
Should You Let Your 4.5 Year Old Decorate His Own Room?
Should you let your child decorate his own room if he’s four and a half years old? I don’t know. Do I let my four and a half year old son decorate his own...
Mothering with a Migraine
You want to know what a migraine is like?
It’s like when Zeus birthed his daughter Athena, the most powerful woman in the kosmos, right smack out of his head and dressed in her full...
Life with a Lovey
I willed the Gods for it. I dropped coins in a fountain for it. I spent 37 hours on Pinterest making an Oprah-approved vision board for it. And then it happened.
I finally birthed a...