Oh, For the Love of Pants!
If I had a choice been fighting with my four year-old each morning to get him out the door for school and going to the dentist every single morning … well, let’s just say that my dental ...
Parenting Don’ts and Don’ts
My kids save me at least $29.95/month on a security system simply by leaving their Legos scattered all over the floor......
Son, Don’t Bite Your Valentine…
This week I was informed by my son’s teacher that he bit one of his classmates at school. He’s not even four years-old yet, so it’s pretty safe to assume that it wasn’t to foll...
A Failure to Communicate
Talking to kids is hard, and not just because they’re not very good at pronunciation and rarely care about whatever it is that you have to say… Sometimes I catch myself trying to talk to my so...
The Poopy Door
Any seasoned parent knows that the worst enemy of a parent is poop. It’s not when the kids erupt into random tantrums in the grocery store or even when they wipe their runny noses on you, t...
Welcome Back, and Good Luck!
That’s it – summer’s over! Time to tell those kids to hang up their beach towels and hit the books… …apparently… This is actually my first year doing The Back to S...
The Tragic Tale of the Boy Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed
There once was a little boy – not much older than you, in fact. He was a good, little boy – for the most part. He listened to his teachers in school, and he refrained from hitting the dog ...
A Day in the Life of a Stressed Out Parent, in 27 Acts
— ACT 1 : MORNING TIME — A quiet, serene house is abruptly awoken by the sound of two tiny banshees ready to feast… BABIES: “WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” DAD: “...