"Mommy, will you play superheroes with us?" my boys ask. "Yes!" I say over my shoulder as I load the last of the breakfast dishes, "but let me put the clothes in the dryer first!" But before I do that, I need to find an empty basket to put the current dry clothes in. There are no empty ...
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Will your daughter achieve less because you’re a stay-at-home mom?
Word is out, thanks to a Harvard study cited by the New York Times, that daughters of working moms will statistically achieve higher education, are more likely to work [outside of the home], and will make more money than daughters of stay-at-home moms. Three-quarters of American mothers with ...
Get your Kids involved in Spring Cleaning!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sam's Club. All opinions are 100% mine. Spring is in the air! And with it comes the yearly reminder that it's time to deep clean the things in our houses that we merely graze over in our daily routines. Time to clean the high spots, low ...
“Girls don’t work, Mommy.”
So we were at the park, and my almost three-year-old is playing on this rope ladder. He's calling it his "work," and I'm finding it adorable. "I go to work just like Daddy," he shouts to me over his shoulder, "and I work so hard! Watch me, Mommy, I'm just workin with ALL my muscles." He's ...
How I’ve Devalued the Life of my Little One
I had my first baby two weeks after I finished college. And in the months that followed, the questions just came rolling in from my fellow graduates, child-free friends, older career moms, and former professors: “Do you feel like you’re being challenged in your daily life?” “Are you getting to do ...