On April 15, 2014, 234 female students were kidnapped by terrorists from a school in Nigeria. Most of them have not escaped, none of them have been rescued. It is believed most have been married off. Their government has done nothing. This is not ok. If these were our daughters how would we want the world…
Tag: parenting
Jeremy’s Thought du Jour – A Riddle
People at different ages just see the world differently. When it comes to peeing, our little Smunchie really didn’t understand why it wasn’t ok to let loose in the closet. When I told her she shouldn’t do her business in there, the look I received from her when she replied “Why?” made it very clear…
Stop telling me our relationship with our teens should suck
“Mommy, I feel weird and embarrassed sometimes about our relationship.” My heart sank at my 15 year old’s words. I loved our relationship and thought she did too. In fact, parenting teens had, to this point, proved to be my favorite stage. I told myself not to take it personally, “Oh, ok. Want to tell…
Jeremy’s thought du jour.
I’ve known both of these this week alone. ~ Jeremy
Clothing-optional Home
This is a post I made on Facebook yesterday while it was making changes to its algorithm; I thought I had lost it. But many of our followers found it and a few of them went ahead and messaged it to me (thank you Luci, Charlotte, and Amity!). Thank you all for your support. When…
The World’s Toughest Job and Why This Ad Went Viral
It has begun, the memes, videos, and heartwarming copy and paste statuses that you “share” if you love your mom. Mother’s Day is around the corner. Marketing teams for brands have been racking their brains for that perfect combination of feel good and tear-jerker to inspire viewers to fall for a one-two-sucker punch that gets…
Making room for dads at the changing table
This isn’t anything great, just a changing table in a women’s bathroom. I took a picture of it today for one simple reason: the men’s bathroom didn’t have one. How do I know this? Because several months ago, my husband, the dedicated and involved father of my children, went to take then 18 month old…
An open letter to anyone that has waited for my family when we were late
Dear People that get upset when my family is running late, I am sorry for the inconvenience and frustration you experienced waiting for us and I regret to have caused you any consternation. I promise, running late isn’t because I don’t respect you or your time. It is possible that it wasn’t intentional and may…
Love Stones
It all started when the 4 year old that had been enthusiastic about going to her little Waldorf Kindergarten class 3 days a week suddenly became reluctant and difficult, often refusing to go into her classroom. We tried everything, being gentle and listening to her, being firm but lovingly telling her that she was…
Jealous of how these kids can sleep?
Not too long ago we shared a funny picture of Smunchie sleeping inside a cabinet with The Leaky Boob Facebook page. The Leakies joined us in sharing pictures of funny places and ways their kids have fallen asleep. There were so many great ones, we couldn’t fit them all in one post on TLB so…