Eight Ridiculous Things

On Play-Based Parenting

Have you ever wondered what people mean when they use the phrase, “Play-Based Parenting?”

Well, they might or might not mean this:

 

Masochism, Motherhood, and Shopping with Children

 

Do you take your kids shopping? Are they as terrible as mine? I feel like I’m always that mom–the one whose kids are doing something unfathomably bad.

Maybe they’re touching every single apple with their fingers, or maybe their tongues. Maybe they’re not being properly supervised. Maybe they’re projectile vomiting while their heads spin around in the cereal aisle.

Of course, there are good times, too. There are times when no one runs away from me, no one topples a display of dog treats, and we get through the checkout with nary a tear. If it weren’t for these times, I’d never take them shopping again.

Five Steps to Perfect Parenting

Bedtime

When I was a kid:

With my kids:

I wonder what my parents did with all that time in the evenings.