parents

The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.

Rover The Rat
Storytime for my two children evolved, one night, when my five-year-old son, Hampton, rejected a repeat of the same bedtime story off of the bookshelf.
By J. S. Wade5 years ago in Families
My Parents Never Read to Me
My parents never read to me, or at least, I do not have any recollection of them reading an actual story to me. So, when I saw this challenge, I dismissed it quickly and moved on with my day.
By Elizabeth5 years ago in Families
What I used the most during my first 3 months
The Things I Used the Most Like any mother when my son was born I was extremely nervous about having anything I really needed to have. So I researched and looked up reviews on all sorts of items. I understood that each baby is different, and some like more things than others; knowing that I set off to find the products that I thought would help my lifestyle with baby the most. Here are some of the things I found most important and useful for my sons first four months.
By Shiny5 years ago in Families
Why I Love Coffee Culture
I do love caffeine! Like many over 40s with kids and a packed week, I rely quite heavily on caffeine to perk me up and get me through the 'joys' of domestic life. Let's be honest, making packed lunches, pairing socks, and doing homework with a reluctant seven year old isn't exactly what dreams are made of, but there's no point in kicking and sulking (no-one would even notice, anyway), so you either reach for the bottle, or you grab a coffee! (Or two, or three...)
By Deborah Robinson5 years ago in Families
Permission
“Everyone was perfectly fine with the way things were. Everyone but Mr. Tiger”, I read tracing the words across the page. My other arm wrapped around Sylvan. It is bed time. It could also be nap time, break time, or really any time, because we don’t need an excuse to read this book. It is his favorite. It is my favorite too.
By Adelheid West 5 years ago in Families
Fatherly Love
I hate Language Arts class. It’s really a waste of time for me at this point in my life. I understand the grammar and spelling of most words used in everyday language. I can read and analyze Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Shakespeare’s Hamlet without some middle-age, overweight, divorced woman facilitating the entire process. I really should’ve skipped a grade and begun high school early. Hell, I should be in the 11th grade by now, but here I am…surrounded by children…
By Steven Allen5 years ago in Families
When Sacrifice, Please and Thank You Are Not Enough
Introduction When our children are minors, we work hard to do everything that we need to in order to provide for them as parents.
By Dr Deborah M Vereen5 years ago in Families
The Post Pandemic World: 4 Items You Now Deserve
It doesn't matter what corner of the globe you're in, the last year and then some have been very challenging to most of us. The great news is that we're moving into a post-pandemic world, and that is a very good thing. People want to go back to living life with gusto, optimism and fun. If anything, each and every one of us deserves some amazing creature comforts. Here are a few of our favorite things to inspire you.
By Regina Thomas5 years ago in Families
My Mom Worked at a Porno Store
For the majority of my childhood, my mother worked at a store downtown called Playmate Video. It sold regular videos, sure, but in their early days they also sold sex toys. And for some reason, it had a popcorn machine.
By Rachael Dunn5 years ago in Families
Never Ending Nights
A rare case, I’m sure, but fairytales and bedtime stories were never a regularity in my family home. My parents were bone tired after a work day, and we were lucky to have food on the table.
By Katy Jordan5 years ago in Families
My own version of Mom Life
The kids screaming as they play and run around the house, laundry and dishes piling up, the dogs looking at me, wondering when I will pay attention to them, lunch needs to be made, and I won’t even get started on all the various “projects” I have started and have not finished yet. These projects range from reorganizing all the closets and old clothes to my business products that need to be shipped out. Before I became a mother, I was organized, the entire house immaculately clean, and I was extremely ambitious but did not accomplish much. Now, as a wife and a mother of two, I feel as though I live in an organized chaotic universe and I accomplish more now than I did before when I only had to take care of me.
By Theresa Riley5 years ago in Families
A small token for your loss
My dream is to use t-shirts I make to encourage nonviolence. I am working on learning how to make memory bracelets and dog tags for parents who have lost children to violence. I want to build a nonprofit that will give parents a way to remember their children that have lost their lives too early. I want to print t-shirts that give inspiration. I am learning how to do that now. If I had the money to build my brand I would use it not only to print t-shirts,make memory bracelets, and dog tags but to help employ young teenagers so that they could see the impact that a memory bracelet or dog tags gives a parent. I would ask for volunteers from the parents that are impacted to spread the word on a positive way to give back to the community. This special group of parents is growing and I hope by giving back and encouraging kids to participate they can see that violence is not the answer. I could buy the equipment, hundreds of t-shirts, and jewelry making supplies. I would also be able to pay for the shipping and handling for parents that are not local. I know this seems like a small token but they would know they are not alone and that people care that they lost their child. I would use some of the money to recruit additional businesses to donate supplies or funds to this important cause because a parent should not bury their child.
By T. Cox5 years ago in Families