Things I Never Said Until I Had a Toddler

When you’re a parent, you think your kid is awesome and great and better than any kid that has ever existed. Then they become a toddler. It’s almost like your child turns into an untrained puppy. Pooping in the middle of the floor? Yep. Chewing on things that may or may not be food? Mmhmm. […]

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Five Tips for Raising Your Kids to Have Self-Confidence

I have a knee-jerk reaction to ignore so much of the parenting advice on the internet. First, a lot of it just seems arbitrary and judge-y. (Second, a lot of it seems downright wrong — I’m not here to provide receipts, but I’m sure you’ve found plenty of your own evidence in this category!) But […]

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Four Ways to Deal With the Anxieties of First-Time Parenthood

I had big plans to be a super chill mom when my first baby was born. Whatever happened, I’d roll with it—I’d stay calm, the baby would stay calm, and it would all be super, super chill. Cut to me sobbing within ten minutes of returning home from the hospital with my new baby because […]

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