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,…

"I don't need an entrée, I can just fill up on memes."

What happy memories

I'm not crying, you're crying

So unbothered

Hilarious

So inquisitive

It's about to be that time of the year. That blessed time when kids go back to school and moms and dads everywhere can finally have a moment of peace. I'm not saying this to imply that all parents hate summer vacation and the time with their children that comes with it. However, by August, summer vacation can get a bit tedious for the parents and the kids. You've exhausted every fun summer activity idea that you foolishly thought would fill the time at the beginning of the summer. Your kids hav…

Having kids starts to get interesting when they actually start talking. I was one of those babies who didn't really start speaking in sentences until I was two. My first sentence was at my Winnie The Pooh-themed second birthday party, where I said, “Pooh fly” after spotting a stuffed animal of Pooh with a balloon in his hand. Since then, I haven't been able to stop talking, much to the amusement and sometimes to the irritation of my parents.

Revenge is best served 20 years later

Poor tooth fairy

Thanks a lot, kid

I'm curious about the rise of “no gift” parties for children. I'm sure they existed when I was a kid, but I did not participate in that sort of thing

Playing with kids is not always the most fun activity for adults. Kids like to play out the same scenarios over and over and over again, and while it's stimulating for them, it's not always the most entertaining experience for the adults playing with them. Despite this, playing with your kids is incredibly important for their development. Playing with your kids or the kids in your life communicates to them that you care about them and their interests. Kids don't want to play forever. In fact, t…

It's weird how your relationship with your parents changes once you have kids. Before you get the job of mommy or daddy , you think you understand why your parents made the choices they did, and you have strong opinions about said choices. Once you have kids, those opinions completely change. You start to understand why your parents were the way they were during your childhood. When you're getting the kind of sleep you get when you have a baby, you understand why your mom didn't want to play wi…

Kids: Who wants them, who's got them, who can't live without them? I find it so touching when people talk about wanting to be a parent since they were teenagers. Most young people that I know seem to have an "uh, I don't know" attitude toward having kids. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that; in fact, I'm in that boat myself. I know that if I want a kid someday, I'm going to have to really fight for one and pay a lot of money to make it happen. That's the nice thing about having gay paren…