If a 4-year-old puts himself to bed rather than watch what you are putting on TV, maybe you have a problem.
Category: Parenting
On crying at a parent-teacher conference
If it’s already this nerve-wracking, I’m not sure how I’m going to get through the next 13 years of this (17 years if we’re counting Kit).
Nice things I’ve done for my baby that could also possibly kill her
The nice things I’ve done for my baby that could also possibly kill her.
I love the dog. I hate the dog.
In addition to Scout, I have two small children and a full time job and a house and a husband and a litany of other responsibilities. Having yet another thing who needs me is tough.
I survived teacher appreciation week (and then wrote this essay about it)
No one said being a total suburban mom robot was easy.
Fighting FONDE (fear of missing out)
There is something my husband and I do every night that is so shameful, so decadent, so illicit, I honestly can’t believe I’m telling you what it is.
What we talk about when we talk about the cost of daycare
$40,000. And my children aren’t even learning Mandarin.
The Tankini Files 