Why Being a Full Time Parent is a Bad Idea
As someone who came from an abusive home, I knew what I did not want to do as a parent and how much “I am a good parent because I love my child and therefore everything I do is right” was wrong. Photo...
View ArticleLove is Not Infinite
We fall in love, we fall out of love. People who promised to love each other until the end of their days can be rancorously divorced within a decade. But with children it is supposed to be different....
View ArticleHow I Stop From Abusing My Child (part 2)
I don’t force a schedule. I discovered very quickly that anytime I needed to rush my son to get somewhere, I was gonna have a bad time. I found myself highly anxious and stressed, and that frustration...
View ArticleMy Apologies, Gymboree
I was referred to the gymboree by internet strangers when I was trying to arrange cooperative child care with another stay-at-home parent. “Go forth to the gymboree!” they said, and I thought “What on...
View ArticleThe Fantasy of Mother’s Day
Last year was my ‘first’ Mother’s Day…it was the day I decided to divorce my own mother. I was 7 months pregnant and going down the internet rabbit hole of Mother’s Day clicky links when I came across...
View ArticleHoly Cow, Parenting Got Easier!
Each little step toward independence is like its own little miracle, for real. Dyson is no longer going to any kind of daycare or nanny. A very wise man – you know who you are! – once told me that no...
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