parenting

Today I’m talking masturbation in particular, because this stuff is the stuff happening before your teenager is getting busy in the back of your SUV (it’s happening, sorry). We are laying groundwork for healthy, happy sexual behavior. In the next two installments, we’ll talk porn and then finish it off with actual partner sex stuff.

Several months ago I read a piece from a mother who was so over people comparing raising kids to taking care of their “furbabies.” The annoyance and eye rolls practically leapt off the page.

Helicopter Parenting. Free Range Parenting. Sharenting. The names go on and on. We all reap rewards and pay the price for whichever philosophy we adopt. What happens when we don’t adopt a philosophy at all?

I'll freely admit it: I'm a bit of an iPhone addict. My phone is always on me or within arm's reach, like a security blanket. I keep my sounds and alerts off but I check it all the time and notifications for email, Facebook, Ebay, even my freaking meditation program come popping up all day.

When you insist on raising your kids to be colorblind, you're saying: I don’t want to see race.

“I don’t even know what to say, Joni. Your baby isn’t alive.”

As a first time parent, there are always things you do because you're a nervous newbie who's learning on the go. Or in other words, new parenting is basically trial-by-fire, and sometimes it can be explosive –– especially those breastfed baby poops.

In today’s world, children may be a financial liability, but that shouldn’t make them a luxury item.