aYou 're such as a bitch now 您现在是例如母狗[translate] aHi mom! My cell phone cannot call out today! 喂妈妈! 我的手机不可能今天召集![translate]
You all know my son, Boy Wonder. He’s a tween with a lot of opinions. When he’s not giving you all the reasons your tween needs a cell phone, detailing why kids “deserve” summer vacation, or sharing the things he wishes he could change about his parents, he can be found school...
In the last 5 years I have let two kids borrow my cell phone because their parents were very late picking them up from school. My parents refuse to get cell phones and yet have no trouble borrowing one when needed. “Moreover, they were warned by CPS not to do this again. They’re...
My mom is so particular about everything and she has a real problem having strangers in her life. She’s never be very sociable and definitely has some OCD going on, which is going to make things a bit touchy having a strange person in her life who wants to “help”. ...
‘tween 8 and 14. A tween desperately wants to be ateen, but isn’t about to stop being a kid.) My husband was at home with our daughter, so it was just the two of us. The stadium was swarming with high school kids, parents and a few hundred tweens. I felt at first like it...
It’s after school. It’s hot. My 4 and 6 year old kiddos want to swim. My 10 month old has just started walking and wants to practice his skills. Can’t blame the kid. Afternoon nap is not happening. So the older kids run and get their suits on. I spray them down with sunscr...
everything changes forever. No matter how tight my mama heart wants to hold on to the most precious thing in my world, I know I have to let go. And at a time when all I want to do is hold her closer and cling to her more tightly (maybe more than ever), I have to gently push...
Waiting rooms. Snotty kids. Loud cell phone talkers. Old and germ-infested magazines. TV on a station no one wants. The price of gasoline. Which pretty much affects the cost everything else. The rapid decline of manners in most people. Saying please and thank you and being pleasant is ju...
This post probably gets filed under “nobody wants to hear about your exercise routine,” which is a philosophy I generally agree with. But I promise there’s a payoff here. I’ve had trouble with my knees forever, but after I did the half-marathon in 2015, they really started bothering...
Summer break is taking on a whole new meaning when you have a teen who is craving more and more independence. The older my son gets the more he wants to hang out with friends, go places with just his friends, and well, experience life without mom and dad around. While I’m sad abou...