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Category Archives: Reflections on Mothering
American Gender Roles, a Preschooler, and Me
Sigh. Rubs Forehead. I’ve written about this before– not that I can find it since I don’t, apparently, have a search feature. How did I miss not having a search option? D’oh. Boys don’t wear pink dresses! Let me be … Continue reading
NOT FAIR
So it begins. It’s been simmering for awhile, but the nasal-whine-voice made it’s full appearance over the weekend. The world of siblings– though even I, once the Only Small Person in a sea of Large People, delivered my fair share … Continue reading
Posted in Just Life, Raising these kids, Reflections on Mothering
Tagged It's Not Fair, Sibling Rivalry, Siblings
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The Bonecrushing Guilt
Once, in a retail galaxy far, far away, I attended a management seminar on reactive versus proactive planning. Oh, I start out with a plan to be proactive, and someone (either someone under 46 inches tall and/or with a penis) … Continue reading
Life with Two Kids: Sophie’s Choice Moments
This one is long– it’s been a long day. True panic moments. Those times that you blink and one (or both) of your kids have disappeared from your line of sight, and cannot be found within the 60 second no-panic … Continue reading
Identity Crisis
Who else has had/is having one of these? Right now? This very moment? I promised JB that I would play Mario tennis with him tonight, so I’m trying to write this super-fast. Last week, he and I had a conversation … Continue reading
RIP Santa
Ah. March. The time of spring, birthdays and BASKETBALL. Basketball with a divided house, no less (GO TARHEELS!). Which is how my nephews ended up hanging out over here last weekend, with very little (almost no) adult supervision. It’s also … Continue reading
Viva Free-Range Parenting
Parenting makes me laugh at myself. Almost as much as I cry and beat myself up. But as much as I laugh at myself, I laugh at others a lot more. I’m very much not a Helicopter Mom. My rotors … Continue reading
Some Truthiness
First, here’s the disclaimer of: I love my kids more than my life. They, on a regular basis, fill me with joy and make me burst out with laughter. I look at them and wonder how I managed to create … Continue reading
Life With Two Kids, Part II
As I referred a friend to my first post on this topic, I realized that I hadn’t ever, you know, updated those thoughts. Apparently my pearls of good sense ended when Elliot hit about 6 months old. I soon came … Continue reading
DIY Parenting Manuals
If you were expecting something sappy about the most recent age milestones for my two Small People– 4 and 2, to be exact– you can go read this post or this one. As much as I love those kids–and I … Continue reading