Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
What are you going to be for Halloween? It’s a question we ask and answer over and over again at this time of year, whether we will be taking our children trick-or-treating for the first time, or trying to out-do our friends at the annual costume party. And there are many of us that put [...]
This morning I woke up to my 5 year old screaming at me about how much she does not want to go to school. Not because anything bad is going on, or that she hates her teacher, or cannot stand her friends. She was screaming at me that she doesn’t want to go to school [...]
EAT IT / EAT IT / EAT IT / EAT IT / EAT IT. WRONG ANSWER. Sure, you should eat some of the leftover Halloween candy. You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t pilfer a few of those Wunderbars and eat them for breakfast one or two or three days in a row (we don’t [...]
This post is from The Bad Files (Back Of The Cabinet) which means, yes, we dug this up from two years ago. But come on: it is AWESOME. Really, really awesome. Make sure you read all the way to the bottom. Or at least scroll down to the bottom picture. What happens when you combine [...]
Acknowledging that one’s children are monsters is a powerful first step toward understanding how and why it is that parenting sucks the very life blood from one’s person. Obviously, I am speaking figuratively — OR AM I? Look, I love my children, regardless of whether or not they sprout little fangs and keep me up [...]
From the New York Times: "In some classrooms across the country, the interpretation of what is too scary — or offensive, gross or saddening — is now also leading to an abundance of caution and some prohibitions.In a school district in Illinois, students are being encouraged to dress up as historical characters or delicious food [...]
Toronto October 13 - 15