One week 'til Elf on the Shelf is over

Parental guidance suggested

Parents have a difficult task this time of year, pretending to do their jobs at work, ushering their kids through the end of the school semester, and convincing them to still eat turkey sandwiches every day. It's a weird in-between time when the holidays are really starting to kick into gear but yet there are a few normal work weeks to get out of the way first. Soon you'll have to deal with your kids being on break from school while you're still on duty for work, giving them something to do so…

Memory can be a slippery thing . They say that whenever you remember something, you're not actually remembering the thing itself, but rather the last time you remembered it. So by this logic, the quality of the information slowly degrades with time-- a photograph of a photograph for years and years until it's just fuzz. So it's not so easily relied upon. This is especially true when you're a kid. Memory is so hard to access from that time that someone could tell you a story about yourself and y…

Happy Turkey Day, parents

When the sun goes down at 4 pm… that's when you truly lock in as a parent.

Parenting is all about compromise . Before you become a parent, you have all sorts of highfalutin ideas about what kind of parent you'll be. You'll only feed them home-cooked organic meals, you'll never be cross with them and only use positive reinforcement, and you won't allow them to go on the internet before they're in high school. But then life comes around and has other plans for you. It leaves you tired, exhausted, and frustrated to the point where you'll do anything just to have a quiet…

For moms and dads that need a laugh

Happy halloween parents… It's the one day of the year when you're legally allowed to steal at least 15% of your child's candy and call it the “chaperone tax." Technically you can do that any day of the year but it's especially encouraged today.

Please stop changing your costume idea

Living in my head 'rent free

One of the worst things about parenting is having to make small talk with other parents. Just because our kids are the same age doesn't mean we have much in common, and there's only so much runway I get with talking about the kids' developmental phases, school, activities, etc. before I run out of stuff to say. And then you're just left talking about regular adult stuff with people who are more boring than you. This is why you need your designated parent friend. You need a person you've identif…

There's no universal rulebook for being a parent

Needed to hear that

They say that 90% of parenting is just thinking about when you can lie down again

Too relatable