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When it comes to motherhood, it’s hard to say who shapes who more — the mother or the child. And even though moms parent with varying moments of warmth, understanding, rigidity, and spontaneity, devotion remains at the heart of each and every one. But mom’s unconditional love doesn’t mean her methods are always easily understood. […]
Ah, school programs. The excitement. The nerves. The music. The little voices. It’s enough to make your parental cup runneth over with pride. But pride isn’t the only thing we feel as audience members. Take a look at 50 thoughts every parent has during a school performance.
“I can’t wait to be grown up!” my 7-year-old grumbled while putting the finishing touches on his famous American project. “Why is that?” I asked. “Because grownups have it easier.” Oh honey, if you only knew. Just as I opened my mouth to launch into the whole “you don’t know how good you kids have […]
It’s Boy Wonder again. I’m back writing because some people thought the last thing I wrote about 10 things I wished I could change my parents was harsh. It wasn’t really a big deal. All my friends want to change things about their parents and besides, I talk to my parents about this stuff all […]
It’s me, Boy Wonder, and I’m on winter break right now which means I’ve been home with my parents a lot lately. Mostly it’s been fine, but there are things they do that bother me a lot. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do that they won’t let me do and things I […]
As parents we’re required to do a lot of things: comfort, heal, love, protect, provide, and teach. And along with each of these parental responsibilities, our hearts are called to do the same for our partner, friends, extended family, and ourselves. But that last part gets a little tricky sometimes. We’re often so busy doing […]
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YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH! I kid, I kid. Always wanted to say that. Click here to read all about the stuff nobody tells you about parenting toddlers.
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