This is parenting 101

Family movie night? Get out of town

She's so me af

It's so easy to judge other parents, but you should hesitate before doing so. When I see a mom at the grocery store whispering aggressively into her kid's ear about how he'd better behave himself, I feel for her. It's not easy to openly struggle with your kids like that; it can be a humiliating ordeal that makes a woman feel like she's a bad mother when she's really just trying her best. The thing that I don't understand is when parents take moments like these and project them onto the entire i…

Teaching is not easy

Money is not an easy thing to manage. It comes and goes so quickly for a lot of us, and it's very difficult to predict how much cash you will need in the future. Chances are, it's a lot. We always need more money than we've got, and when you're in a situation of financial distress, you don't always know which way to turn. If you're lucky, you can ask your parents or grandparents to help you escape a financial pickle. Unfortunately, a lot of people's parents are in just as sticky a financial sit…

She's not wrong!

So controlling

Boy moms strike again

The kids are officially back in school , and I can imagine that this is causing a lot of mixed emotions for parents right now. On one hand, it's great to have these rugrats out of your hair for 7 hours a day. School might not technically be childcare, but it sometimes feels like it is when you get to work peacefully for hours at a time. At the same time, you can't help but miss them at least a little bit. The worst part of the back-to-school season is how many forms parents must sign. I swear,…

It's not that weird

The fear in his eyes before she told the story

Poor kiddo

Scary

So unbothered

She's the not normal one