So often we obsess over all the wrong stuff when it comes to caring and providing for our kids.

Check out this list of 6 free things your kids need more than anything and give yourself a great big hug.

I’m finally starting to believe parenting doesn’t have to be so hard.

If you’ve ever been a bridesmaid, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Check out the 9 eery similarities between bridesmaids and moms here.

For serious.

Seth Meyers (no, not SNL Seth Meyers), a clinical psychologist says make-up nookie is a very bad idea.

You can read all about it, along with my thoughts on the matter here.

My kids are jazzed about summer for the obvious reasons: eternal sunshine, lazy days, no more teachers, no more books, and above all else, swimming weather.

As a mother I love summer for the biggest and baddest reason of them all, I finally have an excuse to embrace the lazy. Can I get an amen?

Of all the amazing things to love about summer, here are my very top 5.

BooBoo recently proclaimed, “I don’t want to get married because I’ll have to share my toys and fix all the broken stuff.”

Boy Wonder was quick to add, “Yeah, husbands also have to listen to their wives talk about their friends’ new haircuts and clothes all the time too.” Mmmkay…

Turns out my kids aren’t the only ones with very specific ideas about love and marriage. Click here to read the funniest quotes on everything from what happens when you’re in love to how to keep the love alive – all from kids!

As exhausted as I feel as a working mom, I don’t think I’ve ever needed a vacation more than I do right now.

For once I’d like to just drop everything, pack our bags, and leave.

It’s time to go somewhere, breathe fresh air, have some fun, unplug, and leave the laundry, icky bathrooms, and cobwebs behind.

I’m thinking cruise.

Image credit: AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

The Clark Griswold in all of us has big expectations for family vacation fun but not every picture comes out as planned. Sometimes those pictures that start out seeming like a good idea go horribly, horribly wrong.

Check out the 10 best err, worst awkward family vacation photos here!

For so many LGBT parents, societal ignorance remains an ongoing battle.

I reached out to the LGBT community for their voices on parenting in the age of the modern family; check out what they had to say.

As mothers all around the country (myself included) vow to work on developing their children’s reading skills this summer, I offer these 13 positive and fun ways to help your struggling reader.

You never forget your first kiss…and smelly trash reminds me of mine.

Check out my first kiss story along with 20 more of the awesomely awkward variety here!