I’ve been slow about the blog lately. The perils of paid work: It’s hard to get to the unpaid work, even if you love both. I did write this poem for my mom’s birthday and thought I’d share because, well, motherhood. I’m doing a series on my feelings concerning the gravitas of parenting. The pressure, the […]
Your Baby Is A Horcrux
It seems like the right time to point out to all my fellow mothers that what we are doing here is meddling with the dark arts. Every time you have a baby, you’re essentially creating a horcrux. Think about it. 1. A horcrux is something in which you place a fragment of your soul. Creepy, [...]
Print & Play This Game for Mother’s Day
Planning your Mother's Day? Try this simple, fun, and heartwarming game with the family. When my sister and I were in our late elementary school years, we spent the day before Mother's Day writing questions on colorful index cards. The next day, after the family meal, we pulled them out and presented The Mom Game. [...]
Men Help Less Than They Think
What Men Do Men do more at home than they ever have, but it's not as much as they think and it doesn't come close to what women do. This may not surprise you. Before children, research shows that modern young couples do about the same amount of domestic work. But after having a baby, women [...]
Stress and Everything Else: What You Pass on to your Children
Epigenetics: Baby Learns about Life from Womb Babies learn about the world they will live in from their time in utero. That means that they expect the world to be similar to their experience gestating. A new study shows that women who were stressed during pregnancy have babies with oxytocin receptor genes that are more easily turned […]
